A                             E              A
Let us pause in life's pleasures and count her many tears
D        A            E               A   Asus2 A
While we all share in sorrow with the poor.
       A                     E              A
It's a song that will linger forever in our ears,
D   A           E             A   Asus2 A
Oh, hard times, come again no more

[Chorus]
       A                     D   A
It's a song, the sigh of the weary.
A                       E
Hard times, hard times, come again no more.
     A                          E              A
Many days you have lingered too long around my door.
D   A           E             A   Asus2 A
Oh, hard times, come again no more.

[Verse 2]
          A                        E               A
Though we seek love and beauty and music light and gay.
D        A           E               A   Asus2 A
There're frail forms fainting at the door
             A                        E              A
Though their voices are silent, their pleading faces say,
D   A           E             A   Asus2 A
Oh, hard times, come again no more.

[Chorus]
       A                     D   A
It's a song, the sigh of the weary.
A                       E
Hard times, hard times, come again no more.
     A                          E              A
Many days you have lingered too long around my door.
D   A           E             A   Asus2 A Asus4 A E A Asus2 A
Oh, hard times, come again no more.

[Verse 3]
          A                     E              A
There's a pale young maiden who toils her life away
D      A                 E               A   Asus2 A
With a worn heart, whose better days are over.
           A                             E              A
Though her voice would be singing, it's sighing all the day,
D   A           E             A   Asus2 A
Oh, hard times, come again no more.

[Chorus]
       A                     D   A
It's a song, the sigh of the weary.
A                       E
Hard times, hard times, come again no more.
     A                          E              A
Many days you have lingered too long around my door.
D   A           E             A   Asus2
Oh, hard times, come again no more.
D   A           E             A
Oh, hard times, come again no more.