Intro:  G  Am  D  G 
        G  Am  D  G 


[Refrão]

G         Am        D        G 
All of my hard times soon be over 
G         Am        D        G 
All of my hard times soon be over 


[Verso 1]

G 
I've been pushed and I've been shoved 
C                    Cm 
Been put down by the people I love 
G 
I've been hurt and I've been scorned 
   C                  Cm 
At times I wished I'd never been born, but 


[Refrão]

G         Am        D        G 
All of my hard times soon be over 
G         Am        D        G 
All of my hard times soon be over 


[Verso 2]

G 
I was raised in a two-room shack 
    C                      Cm 
The only thing I owned was hangin' on my back 
G 
Been in trouble, thrown in jail 
  C             Cm 
I had nobody to draw my bail, but 


[Refrão]

G         Am        D        G 
All of my hard times soon be over 
G         Am        D        G 
All of my hard times soon be over 


[Ponte]

F C  G 
Hard times (Lord, have mercy on me) 
F C  G 
Hard times (Help, help, help me somebody) 
F                C             G 
Blamed the whole world for the shape I was in 
    F         C        G 
But I was too blind to see 
     F        C         G 
That my worst enemy was under my skin 
       F  C  G 
It was me 


[Verso 3]

G 
I've been lost but now I'm found 
      C                      Cm 
There ain't no way to keep a good man down 
G 
You came along and took my hand 
C                   Cm 
And now I feel like born natural man, but 


[Refrão]

G         Am        D        G 
All of my hard times soon be over 
G         Am        D        G 
All of my hard times soon be over 
G         Am        D        G 
All of my hard times soon be over 
G         Am        D        G 
All of my hard times soon be over