Ray Charles - Hard times no one knows better than i

My mother told ^Eb7me ^Ab7'For^G7e she passed away ^{Bdim Cm}Said son when I^B+'m gone Bbm7 Eb9 Eb+ Don't forget to pray ^Ab7'Cause there'll b^Adime hard times Lord t^Eb7hose hard times ^C9Who knows^B9 better ^Bb7(b13)than I? ^{Eb6 Bb7(b13)}

^Eb7Well I soon found out^{Ab7 G7}Just what she meant^{Bdim Cm}When I had to pawn m^B+y clothes ^Bbm7Just to pay my rent^{Eb9 E+}Talkin' 'bout hard^Ab7 times ^AdimLord those hard^Eb7 times ^C9Who knows^B9 better ^Bb7(b13)than I? ^{Eb6 Bb7(b13)}

I had a ^Eb6woman ^{Ab7 G7}Who was always around^{Bdim Cm}But when I lost m^B+y money ^Bbm7She put me down^Eb9 Eb+ Ab7 Adim Talkin' 'bout hard times ^Eb7Hard tim^C9es ^B9Yeah, yeah, who kno^Bb7(b13)ws better than I?

^Eb7Yeah Lord Yeah^{Ab G7}one of these days^{Bdim Cm}There'll be no more s^B+orrow Bbm7 Eb9 Eb+ When I pass away And no more hard^Ab7 times^Adim I said no more ^Eb7hard times Y^C9eah, ^B9Lord, who knows^Bb7(b13), hey Lord ^Eb6Bett^F7er ^E7tha^Eb6n I?