Hard Times Chords by Gillian Welch

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[Fm] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] There was a camp town [B] man [Bbm] who used to plow and _ sing. _
_ He loved [Abm] that mule [Bbm] and the mule _ loved him. _
When the day got [B] _ long, as it [Gb] does about _ [Bbm] now, _
_ _ I'd [B] hear him singing [Bb] to his _ [Ab] mule, a [Db] cow, _
_ _ _ _ calling, come on my sweet old girl, _
_ _ _ _ and I'd bet the [Gb] whole damn [Db] _ world
_ _ _ _ _ we're _ [B] gonna make [Db] it, yeah,
[Bbm] to the [Ab] end of the [B]
road,
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] singing _ hard [B] times _ [Gb] ain't gonna rule my [Db] _ mind,
[Bbm] _ _
hard _ [Abm] times [Bbm] ain't gonna [Gb]
rule my [Db] mind,
_ _ _ [Bbm]
hard _ [B] times _ [Gb] ain't gonna _ rule _ _ my [Db]
[B] mind,
_ _ _ _ no [Db] _
more.
_ He _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] said it's a mean [Bb] old world, _ [Gb] _
heavy [Db] in the _ [Bbm] ease,
and that big [Eb] machine is [Db] just a-picking up speed. _
[Bbm] And we're sipping on [Eb] tea, _ _ [Bbm] and we're sipping [Gb] on [Db] wine, _
[Bbm] _ we all get [Eb] to heaven in our [Gb] _ own sweet [Db] _ _
time.
_ _ _ _ So come _ on you _ _ Asheville _ boys,
_ _ _ _ and turn _ up your _ damn _ noise,
_ _ _ _ and kick till [Ebm] the dust comes [Db]
up
_ [Bbm] from the cracks [Ab] in the floor,
_ _ _ _ singing _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ hard [Abm] times _ [Eb] ain't [Gb] gonna rule [Db] my _ [Eb] mind,
brother, [Bbm] _ hard _ [Eb] times ain't [Gb] gonna [Db] rule my _ mind,
_ [Bbm] _ hard [Abm] times _ ain't [Gb] gonna _ rule _ _ _ [Ab] my _ mind, _ _
no [Db] _ _ more. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
But [Eb] the camp [Db] town [Ab] man, [Eb] he doesn't [Ebm] plow no [Eb] _
more,
_ [Bbm] _ I [C] seen him walking down [Gb] to the super-red [Db] store,
_ _ [Bbm] guess he lost that [Bb]
bag, _ [Gb] and he forgot that [Bbm]
song,
_ _ _ _ woke [Ebm] up one morning [Gb] and the mule was [Db] gone. _ _ _ _ _
So come _ on you _ ragtime _ kings, _ _ _ _
_ come _ on you _ dogs and _ sing, _ _ _
_ _ pick _ [Ebm] up your dusty [Db] old horn,
_ [Gb] and give [Ab] it a _ blow, _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] playing _ hard [Bb] times _ [Gb] ain't gonna rule [Db] my _ mind,
_ [Bbm] _ hard _
[Bb] times _ [Gb] ain't gonna [Db] rule my mind,
hard [Bbm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] times ain't [Gb] gonna _ rule _ _ my _ [Eb] _
mind,
_ _ [Ab] _ no _ [Db] _
more. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _