Jim Croce - Hard time losin man

^E7 And you think you've seen ^A7trouble? Well, you're lookin' at the ^E7man, ah-^A7ha Oh, the ^E7world's own original ^B7hard luck story And a ^A7hard time losin' ma^E7n ^B7

Oh, ^E7sometimes skies are c^A7loudy And ^B7sometimes ^A7skies are ^E7blue ^B7 And ^E7sometimes they say that you ^A7eat the bear But ^B7sometimes the ^A7bear eats ^E7you ^B7 Well, ^E7sometimes I feel like ^A7I should go ^B7Far, far a^A7way and hi^E7de ^B7 'Cause ^E7I keep a waitin' for my ^A7ship to come in And ^B7all that ever ^A7comes is the t^E7ide

And you think you've seen ^A7trouble Well, you're lookin' at the ^E7man, ah-^A7ha Oh, the ^E7world's own original ^B7hard luck story And a ^A7hard time losin' ma^E7n ^B7

Oh, I ^E7saved up all my ^A7money I gonna ^B7buy me a ^A7flashy ^E7car ^B7 So I ^E7go downtown to ^A7see the man And he ^B7smokin' on a ^A7big ci^E7gar ^B7 Well, he ^E7must've thought I were ^A7Rockefeller Or an ^B7uptown ^A7man of ^E7wealth ^B7 He said, "^E7Boy, I got the car that's ^A7made for you And it's ^B7cleaner than the ^A7Board of ^E7Health"

Then I got on the ^A7highway Oh, I feelin' fin^E7e, I hit a ^A7bump Then I ^E7found I bought a car held to^B7gether by wire And a ^A7couple a' hunks of twi^E7ne

And you think you've seen ^A7trouble Well, you're lookin' at the ^E7man, ah-^A7ha Oh, the ^E7world's own original ^B7hard luck story And a ^A7hard time losin' ma^E7n ^B7

Oh, ^E7Friday night, ^A7feelin' right I ^B7head out ^A7on the ^E7street ^E7 Standin' in the ^A7doorway Was a ^B7dealer ^A7known as Pet^E7e ^B7 Well, he ^E7sold me a dime of some ^A7super fine ^B7Dynamite from ^A7Mexi^E7co ^B7 I spent ^E7all that night just ^A7tryin' to get right On an ^B7ounce of or^A7egan^E7o

And you think you've seen ^A7trouble Well, you're lookin' at the ^E7man, ah-^A7ha Oh, the ^E7world's own original ^B7hard luck story And a ^A7hard time losin' ma^E7n

And you think you've seen ^A7trouble Well, you're lookin' at the ^E7man, ah-^A7ha Oh, the ^E7world's own original ^B7hard luck story And a ^A7hard time losin' ma^E7n

And you think you've seen ^A7trouble Well, you're lookin' at the ^E7man, ah-^A7ha Oh, the ^E7world's own original ^B7hard luck story And a ^A7hard time losin' ma^E7n