Hard Times Chords
by AC/DC
Hard Times by AC/DC is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E5, A5, D5/A, A/C# and C5. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: E5 A5 E5 A5 E5
Verse: 1
E5
Feeling low
E5 A5 E5
Going down slow
E5
Make you quake
E5 A5 E5
Make a body shake
Pre-Chorus
A5
Trying to hold you down
A5
They can't push you around
D5/A
They try to hold you back
A/C#
Getting on the right track
E5
Hard times
E5
Blue and sad
E5
Don't you cross the line
E5
Run, run make it fun
E5 A5 E5
Freeing up the time
Verse: 2
E5
Heart a pumpin'
E5 A5 E5
Feet are jumping
E5
This heart a loving
E5 A5 E5
Keeps me running
Pre-Chorus:
A5
They try to hold you down
A5
They can't push you around
D5/A
Trying to hold you back
A/C#
Getting on the right track
E5
Hard times
E5
Blue and sad
E5
Don't you cross the line
E5
Run, run make it fun
E5 A5 E5
Freeing up the time
Bridge
E5
Hard times
E5
Get on top
E5 A5 E5
Follow me down the line
E5
Hard times
E5
Get online
E5 A5 E5 C5 A5
Make a grown man blind
E5
Hard times, these hard times
E5 A5 E5 C5 A/C#
Sure ain't been good to me
E5
Hard times, hard times
E5 A5 E5 C5 A/C# E5 A5 E5 A5 E5
Sure been misery
E5
Hard times
E5
Blue and sad
E5 A5 E5
Don't you cross the line
E5
Run, run make it fun
E5 A5 E5
Freeing up the time
E5
Hard times
E5
Get on time
E5 A5 E5
Follow me down the line
E5
Hard times
E5
Get online
E5 A5 E5
Make a grown man blind
Outro: C5 A5 C5 A/C# E5