Hard Times Come Again No More (basic)

by Mirah , Stephen C. Foster

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Here is a janky beginner version that leaves room for a lot of flex. I
determined these tabs with a singer/sing-a-long in mind -- let the
voice hit all the right notes, your harp can be the rough harmony in
the background. I think if you play this tab with style and heart, it
can become really beautiful.

 4  -4   5   5    5      5    6    5   -4    4  4  -4   5
Let us pause in life's plea-sures and count its ma-ny tears,
 -6   -6  6   5   5 (45) (-4-5)    5
While we all sup sor-row with the poor;
  4    -4  5    5    5    5   6   5  -4 4  4  -4   5
There's a song that will lin-ger for-ev-er in our ears;
-6  6    5     5   4  -4  -4  4
Oh Hard times come a-gain no more.


Chorus:

(45)(-4-5) (56)  (56) (56) (-4-5) (56) (-5-6) (56)
Tis  the   song, the  sigh   of   the   wea-   ry,
(-5-6) (56)  (-5-6) (56) (45)  (45) (34) (-3-4) (34)
Hard   Times, hard   ti- imes, come  a-   gain   no more
 4 -4  5    5   5    5    6   5  -4   4   4  -4  5
Ma-ny days you have ling-ered a-round my cab-in door;
-6  6    5     5   4  -4  -4  4
Oh hard times come a-gain no more.


While we seek mirth and beauty and music to light the way,
There are frail forms fainting at the door;
Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say
Oh hard times come again no more.
(Chorus)

There's a pale drooping maiden who toils her life away,
With a worn heart whose better days are o'er:
Though her voice would be merry, 'tis sighing all the day,
Oh hard times come again no more.
(Chorus)

Tis a sigh that is wafted across the troubled wave,
Tis a wail that is heard upon the shore
Tis a dirge that is murmured around the lowly grave
Oh hard times come again no more.
(Chorus)