HARD, AIN’T IT HARD
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The [G]first time I seen my [C]true love
[G]He was a-walkin’ by my [D]door
The [G]last time I seen his [C]false-hearted smile
[G]Dead on his [D]coolin’ [G]board
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It's [G]hard and it's hard, ain't it [C]hard
To [G]love one, that never did love [D]you
It's [G]hard and it's hard, ain't it [C]hard, Great God
To [G]love one, that [D]never will be [G]true
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[G]There is a house in this old [C]town
[G]That's where my true love lays a-[D]round
[G]Takes other women, right [C]down on his knee
[G]Tells them a [D]tale that he won't tell [G]me
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It's [G]hard and it's hard, ain't it [C]hard
To [G]love one, that never did love [D]you
It's [G]hard and it's hard, ain't it [C]hard, Great God
To [G]love one, that [D]never will be [G]true
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[G]Don't go to drinkin’ and to [C]gamblin’
Don't [G]go there your sorrows to [D]drown
That [G]hard-liquor place is a [C]low-down disgrace
The [G]meanest damn [D]place in this [G]town
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It's [G]hard and it's hard, ain't it [C]hard
To [G]love one, that never did love [D]you
It's [G]hard and it's hard, ain't it [C]hard, Great God
To [G]love one, that [D]never will be [G]true
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[G]Who's gonna kiss my ruby [C]lips?
[G]Who's gonna hold me to their [D]breast?
[G]Who will talk my future [C]over
[G]While you’re off [D]ramblin’ in the [G]West?
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It's [G]hard and it's hard, ain't it [C]hard
To [G]love one, that never did love [D]you
It's [G]hard and it's hard, ain't it [C]hard, Great God
To [G]love one, that [D]never will be [G]true
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It was [G]late last night when my [C]true love come in
[G]Rappin’, rappin’ on my [D]door
[G]I jumped out in a [C]fit of jealousy
Said [G]“True love, don’t come [D]up here any-[G]more”
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It's [G]hard and it's hard, ain't it [C]hard
To [G]love one, that never did love [D]you
It's [G]hard and it's hard, ain't it [C]hard, Great God
To [G]love one, that [D]never will be [G]true
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