G
Hey Mr. Businessman
                   C
Please take me as I am
Am                C
  I'm ready to go straight
              D
But it's not easy
                       G
When you don't have no money
                   Em      Am
And if you take a chance
   D                Em
I know you won't be sorry
G              Em
Hard times all around
D                   G
Hard Station in the town

[Verse]
G                   C
She came to me this morning
D                    G
   Came to my brother's place
G                     C
Cards laid out on the table
Am                         D
  Tears streaming down her face

[Chorus]
               G
So Mr. Businessman
                   C
Please take me as I am
Am                   C
  I'm ready to go straight
             D
But it's not easy
                      G
When you don't have no money
                 Em         Am
So listen to me please
    D               Em
I know you won't be sorry
G              Em
Hard times all around
D                   G
Hard Station in the town

[Verse]
G                    C
Round here you get downhearted
D                       G
It's more than a man can take
G                    C
Friends making propositions
Am                        D
    That was my first mistake

[Chorus]
              G
So Mr. Businessman
                    C
Please take me as I am
Am                 C
I'm ready to go straight
             D
But it's not easy
                      G
When you don't have no money
                Em           Am
So listen to me please
    D                 Em
I know you won't be sorry
G               Em
Hard times all around
D                   G
Hard Station in the town