Times Are Gettin Hard
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
TIMES ARE GETTIN' HARD
As recorded by Bobby Bare
(1965 single release)
[Intro]
E F#m B7 E
[Chorus]
E A B7 E
Times're gettin' hard boy money's almost gone
A F#m B7
Times're gettin' hard boy time to move along
E F#m B7 E
Gonna take my true love by the hand lead her from this town
A B7 E
Times're gettin' hard boy we're California bound
[Verse]
E A B7 E
Pack up everything we own that won't take us long
A F#m B7
Say goodbye today because tomorrow we'll be gone
E F#m B7 E
It's hard to leave this place it's been hometown for so long
A B7 E
Oh but a man can't live with nothing's right and everything goes wrong
[Bridge]
A B7 E
Sometimes I drink cause sometimes I think maybe I was born with a curse
A F#m B7 E
Things don't get no better for me they just go from bad to worse
F#m B7 E
You know I spent my entire life learned my trade and working hard
A
Then one day the bossman brought some big machines
B7 E
And next day he told me I was fired
[Chorus]
E A B7 E
Times're gettin' hard boy money's almost gone
A F#m B7
Times're gettin' hard boy time to move along
E F#m B7 E
Gonna take my true love by the hand lead her from this town
A B7 E
Times're gettin' hard boy we're California bound
[Outro]
E
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