If It Werent For Hard Luck Id Have No Luck At All Chords

KeyG Capo5st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays416

If It Werent For Hard Luck Id Have No Luck At All by Johnny Sea is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 5st fret. It uses the chords G, Em, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G                          Em 
Looks like the next time I see home again 
C                           Em 
Will be when snow is on the ground 
D                                              C 
Mother will be gone and not seen her son grown tall 

C                 G              Em              D 
If it weren't for hard luck, I'd have no luck at all 

G                      Em 
If I had a nickel, for every tear I've shed 
C                       Em 
I'd  be the richest man alive 
    D 
But all I've got from crying 
       Em              C 
Is red eyes and bitter salt 

C                 G              Em              D 
If it weren't for hard luck, I'd have no luck at all 

G                          Em 
Early every morning, I can hear a whistle moan 
C                           Em 
I think of a girl I used to know 
        D 
On the "City of New Orleans"  
           Em              C 
She left , with a stranger tall 

C                 G              Em              D 
If it weren't for hard luck, I'd have no luck at all 

G                               Em 
I killed a man in Reno, for the turn of a card 
  C                                   Em 
A lyin' , cheatin', gambler they told me 
     D   
The judge said he was sorry  
      Em                C 
But I won't be out next fall 

C                 G              Em              D 
If it weren't for hard luck, I'd have no luck at all 
C                 G              Em              D 
If it weren't for hard luck, I'd have no luck at all 
    	

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