Eb7
My mother told me
Ab7 G7                Bdim
'Fore she passed away
Cm             B+
Said son when I'm gone
Bbm7             Eb9 Eb+
Don't forget to pray
Ab7              Adim
'Cause there'll be hard times
      Eb7
Lord those hard times
C9       B9      Bb7(b13)     Eb6      Bb7(b13)
Who knows better than I?

[verse]
Eb7                  Ab7
Well I soon found out
G7                 Bdim
Just what she meant
Cm                  B+
When I had to pawn my clothes
Bbm7               Eb9
Just to pay my rent
E+                Ab7
Talkin' 'bout hard times
Adim           Eb7
Lord those hard times
C9       B9      Bb7(b13)     Eb6      Bb7(b13)
Who knows better than I?

[Solo]
Eb6
G7
Cm   B+
Eb   Eb9
Ab7 Adim
Eb/Bb C9
B9 Bb7(b13)
Eb6  Bb7(b13)

[chorus]
        Eb6   Ab7
I had a woman
G7                   Bdim
Who was always around
Cm               B+
But when I lost my money
Bbm7           Eb9
She put me down
Eb+               Ab7   Adim
Talkin' 'bout hard times
Eb7     C9
Hard times
B9                 Bb7(b13)
Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?

Eb6 Ab9 Gb9 E9

[end]
Eb7           Ab
Yeah Lord Yeah
G7               Bdim
one of these days
Cm                   B+
There'll be no more sorrow
Bbm7         Eb9 Eb+
When I pass away
                Ab7   Adim
And no more hard times
               Eb7         C9
I said no more hard times Yeah,
B9             Bb7(b13)
Lord, who knows, hey Lord
Eb6 F7 E7 Eb6
Better than I?