Hard times (No one knows better than I)
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1. My
mother told me before she passed
away,
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said,
"Son, when I'm gone, don't
forget to pray,
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'cause there'll be hard
times, hard times, oh, yeah !
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Who knows better than I ?"
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2. Well, I soon found out just what she meant
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when
I had to pawn my clothes just to
pay my rent.
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Talkin'
'about hard times, hard times, oh, yeah !
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Who knows better than I ?
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3. I had a woman, who was
always around,
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but
when I lost my money, she put me down.
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Talkin'
'bout hard times, you know those
hard times,
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Yeah, Lord, who knows better than I ?
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4. Yeah, Lord, yeah, one of these days,
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there'll
be no more sorrow when I pass
away.
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And no more hard times, I said, no more hard times.
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Yeah, Lord, who knows better than I ?
(orig. = capo 3rd) (Ray Charles)