Let us [C]pause in life's pleasures  
And [F]count its many [C]tears  
[F]While we [C]all sup [G]sorrow [G7]with the [C]poor  
There's a [C]song that will linger  
For[F]ever [G]in our [Am]ears;  
[F]Oh, [C]hard times, [G]come a[G7]gain no [C]more  

Chorus:

'Tis the [C]song, the sigh of the [F]wea[C]ry  
[C]Hard times, [F]hard [C]times,  
[D9]Come a[D7]gain no [G]more  
[G7]Many [C]days you have [C7]ling[Gm]ered  
[F]around my [G]cabin [Am]door  
[F]Oh, [C]hard times, [G]come [G7]again no [C]more

While we [C]seek mirth and beauty

And [F]music light and [C]gay,  
[F]There are [C]frail forms [G]fainting [G7]at the [C]door  
Though their [C]voices are silent,  
Their [F]pleading [G]looks will [Am]say  
[F]Oh, [C]hard times, [G]come a[G7]gain no [C]more  

Chorus  

There's [C]pale drooping maiden  
Who [F]toils her life [C]away,  
[F]With a [C]worn heart, whose [G]better [G7]days are [C]o'er  
Though her [C]voice would be merry,  
'tis [F]sighing [G]all the [Am]day,  
[F]Oh, [C]hard times, [G]come a[G7]gain no [C]more  

Chorus  

'Tis a [C]sigh that is wafted  
A[F]cross the troubled [C]wave  
[F]Tis a [C]wail that is [G]heard up[G7]on the [C]shore  
Tis a [C]dirge that is murmured  
A[F]round the [G]lowly [Am]grave  
[F]Oh, [C]hard times, [G]come [G7]again no [C]more  

Chorus  

Ending:  
'Tis the [C]song, the sigh of the [F]wea[C]ry  
[C]Hard times, [F]hard [C]times,  
[D9]Come a[D7]gain no [G]more  
[G7]Many [C]days you have [C7]ling[Gm]ered  
[F]around my [G]cabin [Am]door  
[F]Oh, [C]hard times, [G]come [G7]again no [F]more [C]