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Well, I like this song, and I hope you do as well. Enjoy:
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X:1
T:Hard Times (Come Again No More)
C:Stephen C. Foster, 1854
L:1/8
M:4/4
K:D
P:Moderato
DE | "D"F2 FE "D7"F A2 F | "G"EDDE "D" F2
w:Let us pause in life's plea-sures and count its ma-ny tears,
w:0 1 2 2 1 2 4 2 1 0 0 1 2
w:~
"G"B>A | "D"A2 F2 "Em"FD "A7"E>D | "D"D4 z2 |
w:While we all sup sor-row with the poor.
w:5 4 4 2 2 0 1 0 0
w:~
DE | "D"F2 FE "D7"F A2 F | "G"EDDE "D"F2
w:There's a song that will lin-ger for-ev-er in our ears;
w:0 1 2 2 1 2 4 2 1 0 0 1 2
w:~
"G"B2 | "D"A2 F2 "Em"FD "A7"E>D | "D"D4 z2 |
w:Oh! Hard times, come a-gain no more.
w:5 4 2 2 0 1 0 0
w:~
w:~
w: Chorus:
FG | "D"A2 z A A2 GA | "G"B4 "D"A2 z2 |
w:'Tis a song, the sigh of the wea-ry;
w:2 3 4 4 4 3 4 5 4
w:~
"D"d2 A2 "Bm"B2 A2 | "E"FF E>D H"A7"E2 |
w:Hard times, hard times come a-gain no more;
w:7 4 5 4 2 2 1 0 1
w:~
DE | "D"F2 FE "D7"F A2 F | "G"EDDE "D"F2
w:Ma-ny days you have lin-gered a-round my ca-bin door.
w:0 1 2 2 1 2 4 2 1 0 0 1 2
w:~
H"G"B2 | "D"A2 F2 "Em"FD "A7"E>D | "D"D4 z2 |
w:Oh! Hard times, come a-gain no more.
w:5 4 2 2 0 1 0 0
w:~
w:~
w: Second~Verse:
DE | "D"F2 FE "D7"F A2 F | "G"EDDE "D" F2
w: While we seek mirth and beau-ty and mu-sic light and gay,
w:0 1 2 2 1 2 4 2 1 0 0 1 2
w:~
"G"B>A | "D"A2 F2 "Em"FD "A7"E>D | "D"D4 z2 |
w: There are frail forms faint-ing at the door;
w:5 4 4 2 2 0 1 0 0
w:~
DE | "D"F2 FE "D7"F A2 F | "G"EDDE "D"F2
w:Though their voi-ces are si-lent, their plea-ding looks will say.
w:0 1 2 2 1 2 4 2 1 0 0 1 2
w:~
"G"B2 | "D"A2 F2 "Em"FD "A7"E>D | "D"D4 z2 |
w:Oh! Hard times, come a-gain no more.
w:5 4 2 2 0 1 0 0
w:~
w: (Repeat~Chorus)
w:~
w: Third~Verse:
DE | "D"F2 FE "D7"F A2 F | "G"EDDE "D" F2
w:There's a pale droop-ing mai-den who toils her life a-way,
w:0 1 2 2 1 2 4 2 1 0 0 1 2
w:~
"G"B>A | "D"A2 F2 "Em"FD "A7"E>D | "D"D4 z2 |
w:With~a worn heart whose bet-ter days are o'er.
w:5 4 4 2 2 0 1 0 1 0
w:~
DE | "D"F2 FE "D7"F A2 F | "G"EDDE "D"F2
w:Though her voice would be mer-ry, 'tis sigh-ing all the day.
w:0 1 2 2 1 2 4 2 1 0 0 1 2
w:~
"G"B2 | "D"A2 F2 "Em"FD "A7"E>D | "D"D4 z2 |
w:Oh! Hard times, come a-gain no more.
w:5 4 2 2 0 1 0 0
w:~
w: (Repeat~Chorus)
w:~
w: Fourth~Verse:
DE | "D"F2 FE "D7"F A2 F | "G"EDDE "D" F2
w:'Tis a sigh that is waf-ted a-cross the troub-led wave,
w:0 1 2 2 1 2 4 2 1 0 0 1 2
w:~
"G"B>A | "D"A2 F2 "Em"FD "A7"E>D | "D"D4 z2 |
w:'Tis~a wail that is heard up-on the shore;
w:5 4 4 2 2 0 1 0 1 0
w:~
DE | "D"F2 FE "D7"F A2 F | "G"EDDE "D"F2
w:'Tis a dirge that is mur-mured a-round the low-ly grave.
w:0 1 2 2 1 2 4 2 1 0 0 1 2
w:~
"G"B2 | "D"A2 F2 "Em"FD "A7"E>D | "D"D4 z2 |
w:Oh! Hard times, come a-gain no more.
w:5 4 2 2 0 1 0 0
w:~
w: (Repeat~Chorus)
w: ~
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Here's a link to download a .pdf version of this song suitable for 1-5-8 tuned diatonic instruments
like most stick dulcimers: Hard%20Times%20%28Come%20Again%20No%20More%29.pdf
Enjoy.
