Hard Luck Chords
Hard Luck by Elvis Presley is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bb. It uses the chords Bb, C, B, F, Dm, Em, Am, Gb, G, Ab, A, D, C7, Eb and Cm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Bb C
B F Dm
Oh, I'm really feeling mighty low..no, no, no,
Em B Em Am F
I got no place that I can go.
Gb G B F
So, I've got some blues to sing and oh, so much
C F Ab
remembering, woe.
#1.
C F C Em
Black cats, keep away from me..take my advice,
B A
go shinny up a tree.
G F
I got hard luck, the hardest kind a luck you'll
C
find.
A D
I ain't lyin', I've got the bluest kinda blues,
G C F G
drivin' me right outta my mind.
#2.
C F C
She's gone, said, toodle-oo..kissed her goodbye
A F
and my, my, my money, too.
G F
I've got hard luck, the hardest kinda luck you've
C
seen.
A D G
I mean, the way I'm runnin' lately, my lucky number
F C F C C7
is thirteen.
Bridge:
F
Where do I belong, everything I do is wrong..all
C
wrong, wrong as can be.
F
Who's stacking all the decks, Lady Luck has got the
D G
hex on me..I'm on her knee, da, da, da, da.
#3.
C Em F
Shove off, boy, I'm warning you.
C F
This thing I caught, you know, could be catchin', too.
Eb G F Eb C
I've got hard luck, the hardest kinda luck there can be.
A D F
Yes, siree, I guess hard luck always chooses, natural
B Bb C Em C F B Cm
born losers like me.......(yeah.)
OUTRO: Em F C F Ab F C