Hard Times Come Again No More
Written by Stephen Foster
Key of D · Chords: I II IV V
Open in Bluegrass Book: transpose, play alongVerse 1
D G D Let us pause in life’s pleasures and count the many tears D A A7 D While we all sup sorrow with the poor D G D There’s a song that will linger forever in our ears G D G A D Oh, hard times come again no more
Chorus
D G D It’s a song a sigh of the weary D E7 A A7 Hard times hard times come again no more D G D Many days you have lingered around my cabin door G D G A D Oh hard times come again no more
Verse 2
D G Though we seek mirth and beauty and music bright and gay D A7 D They are frail forms a-waiting by our door D G Though their voices are silent, their pleading seems to say G D G A D Oh, hard times come again no more
Verse 3
D G It’s a sigh that is wafted across the lowly plains D A A7 D It’s a wail that is heard upon the shore G D It’s a dirge that is murmured across the lonely grave G D G A D Oh hard times come again no more