-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Steeleye Span - The Hard Times of Old England
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is a traditional song that has been recorded by many Folk artists over 
the years. This has been tabbed from the Steeleye Span version from the
album All Around My Hat.

Capo on 5th if you want to accompany the recording.

D (xx0232@1)                                    ACome (x02220@1)all brother tradesmen that travel alone,
G (320003@1)               A (x02220@1)                G (320003@1)        DO, (xx0232@1)pray come and tell me where the trade is all gone,
D (xx0232@1)                            G (320003@1)         DLong (xx0232@1)time I have travelled and cannot find none,
A (x02220@1)                               DAnd (xx0232@1)it's O, the hard times of old England,
G (320003@1)            A (x02220@1)       DIn (xx0232@1)old England very hard times.

D (xx0232@1)                                  AProvisions (x02220@1)you buy at the shop it is true,
G (320003@1)              A (x02220@1)           G (320003@1)            DBut (xx0232@1)if you've no money there's none there for you.
D (xx0232@1)                          G (320003@1)       DSo (xx0232@1)what's a poor man and his family to do?
A (x02220@1)                               DAnd (xx0232@1)it's O, the hard times of old England,
G (320003@1)            A (x02220@1)       DIn (xx0232@1)old England very hard times.

D (xx0232@1)                                   AIf (x02220@1)you go to a shop and you ask for a job
G (320003@1)                  A (x02220@1)          G (320003@1)         AThey (x02220@1)will answer you there with a shake and a nod.
D (xx0232@1)                                 G (320003@1)          DThat's (xx0232@1)enough to make a poor man to turn out and rob,
A (x02220@1)                               DAnd (xx0232@1)it's O, the hard times of old England,
G (320003@1)            A (x02220@1)       DIn (xx0232@1)old England very hard times.

D (xx0232@1)                                           AYou (x02220@1)will see the poor tradesmen a-walking the street
G (320003@1)               A (x02220@1)       G (320003@1)           DFrom (xx0232@1)morning till night for employment to seek.
D (xx0232@1)                        G (320003@1)            DAnd (xx0232@1)scarcely they have any shoes to their feet,
A (x02220@1)                               DAnd (xx0232@1)it's O, the hard times of old England,
G (320003@1)            A (x02220@1)       DIn (xx0232@1)old England very hard times.

D (xx0232@1)                                          AOur (x02220@1)soldiers and sailors have just come from war,
G (320003@1)               A (x02220@1)            G (320003@1)          DBeen (xx0232@1)fighting for King and their country this year,
D (xx0232@1)                                 G (320003@1)               DCome (xx0232@1)home to be starved better have stayed where they were,
A (x02220@1)                               DAnd (xx0232@1)it's O, the hard times of old England,
G (320003@1)            A (x02220@1)       DIn (xx0232@1)old England very hard times.

D (xx0232@1)                                 ASo (x02220@1)now to conclude and to finish my song
G (320003@1)                    A (x02220@1)             G (320003@1)           DLet (xx0232@1)us hope that these hard times they will not last long.
D (xx0232@1)                             G (320003@1)      DAnd (xx0232@1)I may soon have occasion to alter my song,
A (x02220@1)                               DAnd (xx0232@1)sing O, the good times of old England,
G (320003@1)            A (x02220@1)       DIn (xx0232@1)old England jolly times.
A (x02220@1)                               DAnd (xx0232@1)sing O, the good times of old England,
G (320003@1)            A (x02220@1)       DIn (xx0232@1)old England jolly times.