Hard Times Chords
by Eric Clapton
Hard Times by Eric Clapton is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D9, F#7, Bm, Bm7/Bb, D7, G, Abdim, D, C, B7, Bb7, A, A7, Bm7, E9, Eb9, F9, E, Eb and Db. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
D9
My mother told me
F#7
Before she passed away
Bm Bm7/Bb
Said son when I'm gone
D9 D7
Don't forget to pray
G Abdim
'Cause there'll be hard times
D C B7
Lord, those hard times
Bb7 A D A7
Who knows better than I?
VERSE 2
Well I soon found out
Just what she meant
When I had to pawn my clothes
Just to pay the rent
Talkin' 'bout hard times
Lord, those hard times
Bb7 A D A7
Who knows better than I?
{Sax solo/Guitar solo}
D9 F#7 Bm Bm7 D9 D7
G Abdim D C B7 Bb7 A7 D E9 Eb9
G Abdim D C B7 Bb7 A7
Bb7 A7 D E9 Eb9
VERSE 3
I had a woman
Who was always around
But when I lost my money
She put me down
Talkin' 'bout hard times
Hard times
Bb7 A7 D F9 E9 D9
Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?
F#7
Lord, one of these days
There'll be no more sorrow
When I pass away
And no more hard times
No more hard times
Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?
(play single notes: E Eb A Db D and end on D9)