Hard Time Killing Floor Blues Chords by Skip James

_ [Bm] _ _ [A#] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] When it's hard time you [C] see [F] me, baby, [D] where you go?
_ [Am] Hard [F#] time will drive [E] you from toe [D] to toe.
_ Oh, oh, oh, [A] oh, oh, [D] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. _
Oh, [A] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [D] oh, oh, oh, oh, _ _ _ oh.
[Dm] When the people [C] are drifting [Dm] from [D] door to door,
but you can't [Dm] find no heaven at all,
yeah, [D] where are they?
Oh, _ [A] oh, oh, [D] oh, _ _ _ _ oh, [A] oh, oh, oh, oh, _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ oh, oh.
[Dm] When you hear me sing this [F] old [D] lonesome song,
[Dm] you know these hard times can last [E] a [D] very long time.
Oh, [A] oh, oh, oh, oh, [D] oh, _ _ _ oh, oh, [A] oh, oh, oh, oh, [D] oh. _
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[Dm] You know you say you had money and you got a big issue.
Oh, these hard [F#m] times gonna drive [A] you from [D] toe to toe.
_ Oh, [A] _ [D] oh, _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] oh, oh, oh, _ [D] _ _ _ [A#] _ [D] _ _
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_ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] oh, [F#m] _ [B] _ [D] oh, _ oh, [A] oh, oh, [D] oh, oh, _ _ _ _ _ oh.
[A] _ [D] _
_ _ And if I [Am] ever can get off [Dm] of this old killing flow,
[D] Lord, I'll [F#m] never get out of this [D] low low.
_ _ Oh, oh, oh, _ _ _ _ [A] oh, oh, oh, oh, [D] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
_ [Bm] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ And I'm [Dm] gonna [Am] sing this song [Dm] and I ain't gonna sing [D] no more
[C] because my time got [Dm] precious and I just [D] got to. _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ Oh, [A] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [D] oh, oh, oh.
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