Hard luck story
Dm C - Dm C
1. Don't ask me to love my
neighbour, ’cause I don't love the man,
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C - Dm
C
don't ask me for my favours, I won't lend a hand.
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And if I had real power, then I could disappear,
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C - Dm C Dm
wouldn't have to be around
you, I'd sink into the atmosphere.
C Dm
Then I wouldn't hear your hard luck story.
C Dm
It's a hard luck, a hard luck story.
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2. Don't ask me to tip the waiter, for he is underhand,
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C - Dm C
I can tell he is a woman hater,
and he is a nasty man.
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C - Dm C
Within reach lies all desire for each and every soul,
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C - Dm C Dm
stripped bare and stretching
higher, you fall into the last black hole.
C Dm
To end your hard, hard luck story.
C Dm
It's a hard luck, hard luck story.
Dm C -
Dm C
3. Don't ask me to pray to
Jesus, I've never met the man,
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C - Dm C
I only meet weekend preachers,
pictures of the promised land.
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C - Dm C
All the new holy saviours, who pretend to understand,
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C - Dm C Dm
who do you think will save
you, modern day beggar man ?
C Dm
Such a hard luck, hard luck story.
C Dm
It's a hard luck, hard luck story. (2x)
Dm
C - Dm - C
Don't ask me to love my neighbour !
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C - Dm - C
Don't ask me to tip the waiter !
Dm
C - Dm - C
Don't ask me to pray to Jesus !
Dm
C
- Dm - C
He picked his time to leave us !
C Dm
It's a hard luck, hard luck story.
C Dm
It's a hard luck, hard luck story.
(2x)
(orig. = capo 1st) (Men At
Work)