Bob Dylan - Hard Times: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Hard Times" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Hard Times Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Bob Dylan

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Hard Times" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

        C                             F              C
Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears
         C        G               C
While we all sup sorrow with the poor.
           C                       F           C
There's a song that will linger forever in our ears,
     C           G             C
Oh, hard times, come again no more.
          C                     F  C
'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary.
C                        D             G
Hard times, hard times, come again no more.
      C                           F              C
Many days you have lingered all around my cabin door.
     C           G             C
Oh, hard times, come again no more.

While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay.
There are frail forms fainting at the door.
Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say.
Oh, hard times, come again no more.
'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary.
Hard times, hard times, come again no more.
Many days you have lingered all around my cabin door.
Oh, hard times, come again no more.

There's pale drooping maiden who toils her life away
With a worn out heart, whose better days are o'er.
Though her voice it would be merry, 'tis sighing all the day,
Oh, hard times, come again no more.
'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary.
Hard times, hard times, come again no more.
Many days you have lingered all around my cabin door.
Oh, hard times, come again no more.

'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary.
Hard times, hard times, come again no more.
Many days you have lingered all around my cabin door.
Oh, hard times, come again no more.


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Hard Times" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Hard Times" by Bob Dylan.

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