Hard Luck Story

Elton John

Tom: C

C  C  C  C  Bb  F  (REPEAT ABOUT 4x) 
 
Am 
Sometimes I think I'm going crazy 
 
Dm 
Staring at the same four walls 
 
C               G/B             F 
Waiting for the working day to end 
 
Am 
Then I get home so wasted, worn out 
 
Dm 
I curse at you and tell you 
 
C                         G/B            F 
How I've done the work of ten to fifteen men 
 
         F7  
How I've struggled for my money 
 
F7                      Am 
Sweated blood to get us by, yeah 
 
         F7 
Well I'm tired of it honey 
 
F7                      Dm       	 E 
Think I'm gonna have to leave here for a while 
 
 
Cm					   F 
Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, All you hear are hard luck stories 
 
Cm                  		           F 
Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, And the ways I look at life 
 
Cm					      F        D7 
Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, And the way I think the world treats me 
 
Cm		    	G/B		    F 
Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, And the way that I treat my wife 
 
C  Bb F  C  Bb F 
 
Am           
I never seem to look at you 
 
    Dm  
And see that somewhere underneath 
 
  C             G/B             F 
A pair of tired eyes are crying out 
 
         Am   
Well you know I work hard all day long 
 
Dm   
Let me kiss you once with meaning 
 
C       G/B               F 
Just to kill this nagging doubt 
 
         F7 
Well you don't deny I do you proud 
 
        Am 
And you expect me to be tired 
 
    F7 
You say there's no future in our lives 
 
D/F#                                E 
While I persist I'm putting out the fire 
 
 
Cm 					   F 
Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, All you hear are hard luck stories 
 
Cm					    F 
Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, Just a few well chosen words 
 
Cm						   F          D7/F# 
Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, `Cause you're still the woman of a working man 
 
Cm     			       G/B                 F 
Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, You've got the heart of a working girl 
 
Cm		F 
(Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, Don't give me no hard luck stories) 
 
Cm              F 
(Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, Oh, oh no) 
 
Cm		F		   D7/F# 
(Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, Don't give me no, don't you give me no hard luck stories) 
 
Cm  F  F 
 
 
 
Cm					   F 
Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, All you hear are hard luck stories 
 
Cm                  		           F 
Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, And the ways I look at life 
 
Cm					      F        D7 
Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, And the way I think the world treats me 
 
Cm		    	G/B		    F 
Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, And the way that I treat my wife 
 
(REPEAT, FADE)