D9
My mother told me
F#7
Before she passed away
Bm
Bm7/Bb
Said son when I’m gone
D9
D7
Don’t forget to pray
G
Abdim
‘Cause there’ll be hard times
D
C
B7
Lord, those hard times
Bb7
A
D
A7
Who knows better than I?
D9
Well I soon found out
F#7
Just what she meant
Bm
Bm7/Bb
When I had to pawn my clothes
D9
D7
Just to pay the rent
G
Abdim
Talkin’ ’bout hard times
D
C
B7
Lord, those hard times
Bb7
A
D
A7
Who knows better than I?
D9
F#7
Bm
Bm7
D9
D7
G
Abdim
D
C
B7
Bb7
A7
D
E9
Eb9
G
Abdim
D
C
B7
Bb7
A7
Bb7
A7
D
E9
Eb9
D9
I had a woman
F#7
Who was always around
Bm
Bm7/Bb
But when I lost my money
D9
D7
She put me down
G
Abdim
Talkin’ ’bout hard times
D
C
B7
Lord, those hard times
Bb7
A7
D
F9
E9
D9
Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?
F#7
Lord, one of these days
Bm
Bm7/Bb
There’ll be no more sorrow
D9
D7
When I pass away
G
Abdim
And no more hard times
D
C
B7
No more hard times
Bb7
A
D
A7
Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?
F#7
D7
Abdim
G
Bm
D9
C
D
B7
Bb7
A7
Eb9
Bm7
A
E9
F9
