Chords for Merle Haggard - No Hard Time Blues
Tempo:
83.35 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
B
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
We want to do a song that hit home for a lot of folks back in the [G] 30s.
It was written by the late and great Jimmy Rogers.
It's [F#] called No Hard Time Blues.
It [D] goes like this right here.
I got a barrel of flowers, Lord, I got a bucket of lard.
Hey!
I [G] got a barrel of flowers, Lord, I got a bucket [D] of lard.
[B] I [A] ain't got no blues, got chickens in [D] my backyard.
I got corn in my crib and cotton growing in my patch.
[G] I got corn in my crib and cotton growing [D] in my patch.
[Em] I got that old hen sitting waiting for [D] that old hen to hatch.
The old, late, [A] old hard [D] time blues.
Hey, [D] come!
[G]
[D] [A]
[D] I'm gonna hitch up my mule and take a halt to my lines.
[G] I'm gonna hitch up my mule and take a [D] halt to my lines.
[A] Here can't be bothered with all this [D] old hard time.
Go ahead and pick one now.
[G]
[D] [A]
It's a tune, honey.
[D] I'm gonna build me a shanty, Lord, and don't settle down.
[G] I'm gonna build me a shanty, Lord, and don't [D] settle down.
[A] Give me a corn-fed mama, Lord, if we're [D] running around.
The old, late, [A] old [D] hard time.
[B] Hey, hey, hey!
[F] [N]
It was written by the late and great Jimmy Rogers.
It's [F#] called No Hard Time Blues.
It [D] goes like this right here.
I got a barrel of flowers, Lord, I got a bucket of lard.
Hey!
I [G] got a barrel of flowers, Lord, I got a bucket [D] of lard.
[B] I [A] ain't got no blues, got chickens in [D] my backyard.
I got corn in my crib and cotton growing in my patch.
[G] I got corn in my crib and cotton growing [D] in my patch.
[Em] I got that old hen sitting waiting for [D] that old hen to hatch.
The old, late, [A] old hard [D] time blues.
Hey, [D] come!
[G]
[D] [A]
[D] I'm gonna hitch up my mule and take a halt to my lines.
[G] I'm gonna hitch up my mule and take a [D] halt to my lines.
[A] Here can't be bothered with all this [D] old hard time.
Go ahead and pick one now.
[G]
[D] [A]
It's a tune, honey.
[D] I'm gonna build me a shanty, Lord, and don't settle down.
[G] I'm gonna build me a shanty, Lord, and don't [D] settle down.
[A] Give me a corn-fed mama, Lord, if we're [D] running around.
The old, late, [A] old [D] hard time.
[B] Hey, hey, hey!
[F] [N]
Key:
D
G
A
B
F#
D
G
A
We want to do a song that hit home for a lot of folks back in the [G] 30s.
It was written by the late and great Jimmy Rogers.
It's [F#] called No Hard Time Blues.
It [D] goes like this right here. _
_ _ _ _ _ I got a barrel of flowers, Lord, I got a bucket of lard.
Hey!
I [G] got a barrel of flowers, Lord, I got a bucket [D] of lard.
_ [B] I [A] ain't got no blues, got chickens in [D] my backyard.
I got corn in my crib and cotton growing in my patch.
_ [G] I got corn in my crib and cotton growing [D] in my patch.
_ [Em] I got that old hen sitting waiting for [D] that old hen to hatch.
_ The old, late, [A] old hard [D] time blues.
Hey, [D] come!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ I'm gonna hitch up my mule and take a halt to my lines.
[G] I'm gonna hitch up my mule and take a [D] halt to my lines.
_ [A] Here can't be bothered with all this [D] old hard time.
Go ahead and pick one now. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
It's a tune, honey.
[D] _ _ _ I'm gonna build me a shanty, Lord, and don't settle down.
_ [G] I'm gonna build me a shanty, Lord, and don't [D] settle down.
_ [A] Give me a corn-fed mama, Lord, if we're [D] running around.
_ The old, late, [A] old [D] hard time. _ _ _
[B] Hey, hey, hey!
_ [F] _ _ [N] _ _
It was written by the late and great Jimmy Rogers.
It's [F#] called No Hard Time Blues.
It [D] goes like this right here. _
_ _ _ _ _ I got a barrel of flowers, Lord, I got a bucket of lard.
Hey!
I [G] got a barrel of flowers, Lord, I got a bucket [D] of lard.
_ [B] I [A] ain't got no blues, got chickens in [D] my backyard.
I got corn in my crib and cotton growing in my patch.
_ [G] I got corn in my crib and cotton growing [D] in my patch.
_ [Em] I got that old hen sitting waiting for [D] that old hen to hatch.
_ The old, late, [A] old hard [D] time blues.
Hey, [D] come!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ I'm gonna hitch up my mule and take a halt to my lines.
[G] I'm gonna hitch up my mule and take a [D] halt to my lines.
_ [A] Here can't be bothered with all this [D] old hard time.
Go ahead and pick one now. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
It's a tune, honey.
[D] _ _ _ I'm gonna build me a shanty, Lord, and don't settle down.
_ [G] I'm gonna build me a shanty, Lord, and don't [D] settle down.
_ [A] Give me a corn-fed mama, Lord, if we're [D] running around.
_ The old, late, [A] old [D] hard time. _ _ _
[B] Hey, hey, hey!
_ [F] _ _ [N] _ _