JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Hard Times" adalah lagu Gillian Welch yang dirilis pada 2011.
Lagu ini dimuat dalam album The Harrow & The Harvest yang merupakan karya kelima mereka.
Lagu "Hard Times" dibawakan secara akustik sehingga terdengar begitu menenangkan.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu The Way It Goes - Gillian Welch
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Hard Times" dari Gillian Welch.
Capo 1
[Intro]
Am Em7 F C
[Verse 1]
Am Em7 F C
There was a Camptown man who used to plow and sing
Am Em7 F C
He loved that mule and the mule loved him
Am Em7 F C
When the day got long as it does about now
Am Em7 F C C
I'd hear him singing to his muley cow
C C C Csus4
Calling come on my sweet old girl
C C C Csus4
I'd bet the whole damn world
C F C Am G7 G7 Gsus4 G
We're gonna make it yet to the end of the row
[Chorus]
Am Em7 F C
Singing hard times ain't gonna rule my mind
Am Em7 F C
Hard times ain't gonna rule my mind, Bessie
Am Em7 F F G7 G7
Hard times ain't gonna rule? my mind
C C Cmaj7 Cmaj7
No more
[Verse 2]
Am Em7 F C
He said it's a big old world, heavy in need
Am Em7 F C
That big machine is just a-picking up speed
Am Em7 F C
We're supping on tears and we're supping on wine
Am Em7 F C Csus4
But we all get to heaven in our own sweet time
C C C Csus4
So come on you Asheville boys
C C C Csus4
Turn up your old-time noise
C F C Am G7 G7 Gsus4 G
Kick till the dust comes up from the cracks in the floor
[Chorus]
Am Em7 F C
Singing hard times ain't gonna rule my mind
Am Em7 F C
Hard times ain't gonna rule my mind, brother
Am Em7 F F Gsus4 G
Hard times ain't gonna rule? my mind
C C Cmaj7 Cmaj7
No more
[Brief Instrumental Break]
Am Em7 F C
[Verse 3]
Am Em7 F C
But the Camptown man he doesn't plow no more
Am Em7 F C
I seen him walking down to the superette store
Am Em7 F C
Guess he lost that nag and he forgot that song
Am Em7 F C C
Woke up one morning and the mule was gone
C C C Csus4
So come all ye ragtime kings
C C C Csus4
Come on you dogs that sing
C F C Am G7 G7 Gsus4 G
Pick up your dusty old horn and give it a blow
[Chorus]
Am Em7 F C
Singing hard times ain't gonna rule my mind
Am Em7 F C
Hard times ain't gonna rule my mind, sugar
Am Em7 F G7 G7
Hard times ain't gonna rule? my mind
C C
No more