C    F  Am F C    G C
C    F  Am F C    G C

[Verse]
                                     F              Am
Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears
F   C                 G        C   F  C
For we all sup sorrow with the poor
                                   F           Am
There's a song that will linger forever in our ears
F   C                G       C   F  C
Oh, hard times come again no more

[Chorus]
                              B7 C
There's a song, a sigh of the weary
            F    C      D7            G
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
     C                       F              Am
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door
F   C                G       C   F  C
Oh, hard times come again no more

[Instrumental]
C    F  Am F C    G C
C    F  Am F C    G C
C    B7  C    F C    G
C    F  Am F C    G C

[Verse]
                                    F                Am
While we seek mirth and beauty, and music bright and gay
F         C                    G      C   F  C
There are frail forms fainting at the door
                                      F                   Am
Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say
 F   C                G       C   F  C
"Oh, hard times come again no more"

[Chorus]
                              B7 C
There's a song, a sigh of the weary
            F    C      D7            G
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
     C                       F              Am
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door
F   C                G       C     F
Oh, hard times come again no more
    C                G       C
Oh, hard times come again no more