"I've been having some hard times... all my life
I hope things change...pretty soon"
C G# F
Hard Luck and Bad News... has followed me from town to town
Bb F# D F# G
All my life my lucks been down...I'm gettin' so weary
C G# F
I don't have one friend...Folks turn their backs when I'm around
Bb F# D F# G
And where I walk..the grass turns brown...No one will come near me
A F#7 A F#7
Hard Luck and Bad News...Hard Luck and Bad news
B E A D7 F
If you were in my shoes...you'd die
C G# F
My life's been lonely...I've never heard a kindly word
Bb F# D F# G
Ugly names is all I've heard and mean is how they treat me
C G# F
Nobody trusts me... they blame me for the fires in town
Bb F# D F# G
They claim that hell is where I'm bound..and pray that God will speed me
A F#7 A F#7
Hard Luck and Bad News...Hard Luck and Bad news
B E A D7 F
If you were in my shoes...you'd die
C F C G A B G
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C G# F
Life's not worth living... my sorrow's more than I can say
Bb F# D F# G
Tomorrow's just another day...I hate to see the sun rise
C G# F
Then maybe some... day...I'll find a man to call a friend
Bb F# D F# G
I'll be his friend until the end in loneliness...my heart cries
A F#7 A F#7
Hard Luck and Bad News...Hard Luck and Bad news
B E A
If you were in my shoes...you'd die
A F#7 A F#7
Hard Luck and Bad News...Hard Luck and Bad news
B E A
If you were in my shoes...you'd die
