"I've been having some hard times... all my life
I hope things change...pretty soon"

C (x32010@1)                           Ab (xx1114@1)             F (133211@1)              
Hard Luck and Bad News... has followed me from town to town
Bb (x1333x@1)           F# (244322@1)              D (xx0232@1)             F# (244322@1)   G (320003@1)   
All my life my lucks been down...I'm gettin' so weary
C (x32010@1)                             Ab (xx1114@1)                  FI (133211@1)don't have one friend...Folks turn their backs when I'm around
    Bb (x1333x@1)              F# (244322@1)               D (xx0232@1)               F# (244322@1)  G (320003@1)  
And where I walk..the grass turns brown...No one will come near me
A (x02220@1)           F#7 (242352@1)      A (x02220@1)           F#7 (242352@1)Hard Luck and Bad News...Hard Luck and Bad news
B (x2444x@1)         E (022100@1)                 A (x02220@1)D7 (xx0212@1)FIf (133211@1)you were in my shoes...you'd die

C (x32010@1)                          Ab (xx1114@1)          F (133211@1)              
My life's been lonely...I've never heard a kindly word
Bb (x1333x@1)          F# (244322@1)                D (xx0232@1)             F# (244322@1)  G (320003@1) 
Ugly names is all I've heard and mean is how they treat me
C (x32010@1)                            Ab (xx1114@1)       F (133211@1)              
Nobody trusts me... they blame me for the fires in town
     Bb (x1333x@1)               F# (244322@1)                 D (xx0232@1)                F# (244322@1)  G (320003@1)   
They claim that hell is where I'm bound..and pray that God will speed me

A (x02220@1)           F#7 (242352@1)      A (x02220@1)           F#7 (242352@1)  
Hard Luck and Bad News...Hard Luck and Bad news
B (x2444x@1)         E (022100@1)                 A (x02220@1)D7 (xx0212@1)FIf (133211@1)you were in my shoes...you'd die

C (x32010@1)           F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)A (x02220@1) B (x2444x@1)G|------|------|------|------||------|------|------|------| (320003@1) C (x32010@1)           F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)    C|------|------|------|------||------|------|------|------| (x32010@1)
C (x32010@1)                           Ab (xx1114@1)               F (133211@1)         
Life's not worth living... my sorrow's more than I can say
Bb (x1333x@1)            F# (244322@1)            D (xx0232@1)             F# (244322@1)  G (320003@1)  
Tomorrow's just another day...I hate to see the sun rise
C (x32010@1)                           Ab (xx1114@1)          F (133211@1)                
Then maybe some... day...I'll find a man to call a friend
     Bb (x1333x@1)            F# (244322@1)           D (xx0232@1)             F# (244322@1)   G (320003@1)   
I'll be his friend until the end in loneliness...my heart cries
A (x02220@1)           F#7 (242352@1)      A (x02220@1)           F#7 (242352@1)Hard Luck and Bad News...Hard Luck and Bad news
B (x2444x@1)         E (022100@1)                 AIf (x02220@1)you were in my shoes...you'd die
A (x02220@1)           F#7 (242352@1)      A (x02220@1)           F#7 (242352@1)Hard Luck and Bad News...Hard Luck and Bad news
B (x2444x@1)         E (022100@1)                  AIf (x02220@1)you were in my shoes...you'd die