Hard, Ain't it Hard
Woodie Guthrie


C (x32010@1)                  FThere (133211@1)is a house in this old town, 
   C (x32010@1)                   G7Where (320001@1)my true love lays around,
               C (x32010@1)                           FWell, (133211@1)he (she) takes other women (men) right down on his (her) knee, 
             C (x32010@1)                 G7 (320001@1)                          CAnd (x32010@1)he (she) tells them a little tale that he (she) won't tell me.

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                                  FIt's (133211@1)hard and it's hard, ain't it hard,
      C (x32010@1)                       G7To (320001@1)love one that never did love you.
     C (x32010@1)                           F (133211@1)
It's hard and it's hard, ain't it hard, great God,
     C (x32010@1)         G7 (320001@1)          CTo (x32010@1)love one that never will be true.

Well, the first time that I seen my true love,
He (she) was a-walkin' past my door,
And the last time I seen his (her) false-hearted smile,
He (she) was dead on his (her) coolin' board.

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Now don't go to drinkin' and a-gamblin'
Don't go there your sorrows to drown,
That hard liquor place is a low-down disgrace,
It's the meanest damn place in this town.

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Now who's a-gonna kiss your ruby lips,
And who's a-gonna hold you to their breast,
Who's a-gonna talk the future over,
While I'm a-ramblin' in the West?

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