HARD TIMES ( No One Knows Better Than I )
as recorded by Ray Charles
recorded in Eb--capo one fret
 to play along with recording



A-5+5   xx7869
Bb+5    xx4332
Bb7-5   6x675x
A7+5    x05665
Abo     xx0101
C/D     xx0010
A9+5    54546x
D6/9    x54455


A-5+5                D7        G7  F#7
           My mother told me


Before she passed away

F#7-9 Bm                    Bb+5    C/D
          Said son when I'm gone

                D7
Don't forget to pray

       D7/F#            G7       Abo
'Cause there'll be hard times

     D7    D7/C    B7
Hard times              ohh yea a a

Bb7-5            A7+5              D6        A9+5
       Who knows       better than I?

D7                         G7 F#7
    Well I soon found out


Just what she meant

F#7-9  Bm                Bb+5
          When I had to pawn my clothes

C/D                 D7
    Just to pay the rent

D7/F#          G7          Abo
Talkin' 'about hard times

     D7 D7/C      B7
Hard    times        ohh yeahh

Bb7-5            A7+5              D6   A7+5
      Who knows        better than I?

..sax:

|D          |F#7          |Bm         |C/D     D  D7/F#|

piano:

|G     Abo   |D7 D7/C B7   |Bb7-5   A7+5    |D    E7  Eb7
                                                      I had a

D7             G7  F#7
woman lord


Who was always around

F#7-9  Bm                         Bb+5          C/D
             But when I lost my-y-y-y     money


           D7
She put me down


D7/F#         G7           Abo
Talkin' 'bout hard times

               D7   D7/C    B7
you know those ha-a-a-a-rd     ye-e-e-ah

Bb7-5              A7+5              D6   G9  F9   Eb9   D6/9
yea Lord who knows       better than I?

                G7 F#7
ye-e-e-ah Lord,          one of these days

F#7  Bm                   Bb+5               C/D
         There'll be no  mo-o-o-ore sorrow

            D7
When I pass away

D7/F#        G7          Abo
And no more hard times

                D7  D7/C  B7
ah said no more ha-a-a-rd     ye-e-e-ah

Bb7-5              A7+5                       E9  Eb9  D6/9............
hey Lord who knows       hey Lord better than I?


transcription and chart Peter Kruger casparus50@yahoo.ca