D7(9)               G7
My mother told me
F#7
Before she passed away
Bm           Bm7M
Said son when I'm gone
Am6          D7(9)
Don't forget to pray
  Ab7(#11)     G          Ab°
'Cause there'll be hard times
      D7    C7   B7
Lord, those hard times
Bb7       A          D     A7
Who knows better than I?

           D7(9)      G7
Well I soon found out
F#7
Just what she meant
Bm               Bm7M
When I had to pawn my clothes
Am6             D7(9)
Just to pay the rent
 Ab7(#11)     G           Ab°
Talkin' 'bout hard times
 D7         C7   B7
Lord, those hard times
Bb7     A     D       A7
Who knows better than I?

(solo sax) D7(9)    F#7    Bm    Bm7M   Am6    D7/9

(solo sguitarra) G   Ab°   D7  C7    B7    Bb7   A7    D   E7/9   Eb
                 G   Ab°   D7  C7    B7    Bb7   A7    Bb7   A7
                 D    E7(9)    Eb7/9

         D7(9)     G7
I had a woman
F#7
Who was always around
Bm           Bm7M
But when I lost my money
Am6          D7(9)
She put me down
 Ab7(#11)     G   Ab°
Talkin' 'bout hard times
   D7      C7   B7
Hard times
      Bb7       A7        D       F7(9)  E7(9) Eb7(9)
Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?

D7(9)     G7
Lord,
   F#7
one of these days
Bm           Bm7M
There'll be no more sorrow
Am6          D7(9)
When I pass away
       Ab7(#11)     G   Ab°
And no more hard times
    D7     C7   B7
No more hard times
      Bb7       A7               D
Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?

( G7(9)   F7(9)    E7(9)   Eb7(9)   D7(9) )