D5 C5 G5 You know hard time is just an old friend, just an old friend to me D5 C5 G5 I say hard time is just an old friend, just an old friend to me A5 C5 D5 Tell me now, old friend, when you gonna let me be? D5 C5 G5 Can't you feel a cold wind howlin' down, blowin' my song D5 C5 G5 Can't you feel a cold wind howlin' down, blowin' my song A5 C5 D5 Well, I ain't an old man, but you know my time ain't long D5 C5 G5 Gonna be a hard rain - you can hear it in the distance, sounds so near D5 C5 G5 Gonna be a hard rain - you can hear it in the distance, sounds so near A5 C5 D5 People, when the rain comes, it's gonna wash us all away from here D5 C5 G5 Mean old woman, people won't you tell me where can she be D5 C5 G5 Mean old woman, people won't you tell me where can she be A5 C5 D5 She's the only woman that ever meant a damn to me D5 C5 G5 You know hard time is just an old friend, just an old friend to me D5 C5 G5 I say hard time is just an old friend, just an old friend to me A5 C5 D5 Tell me now, old friend, when you gonna let me be? A5 C5 D5 Tell me now, old friend, when you gonna let me be? A5 C5 D5 Tell me now, old friend, when you gonna let this poor man be?