"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 F7 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 F7 If you were in my shoes...you'd die CFCGABG |------|------|------|------||------|------|------|------| CFCGC |------|------|------|------||------|------|------|------| 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