Hard, Ain't It Hard (chrom)

by Appalachian folk song

HARD, AIN'T IT HARD chrom
Appalachian folk song
Key: D

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There is a house in this old town
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That's where my true love lays a-round
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Takes oth-er wom-en right down on his knee
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Tells them a tale that he won't tell me
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It's hard and it's hard ain't it hard
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To love one that nev-er did love you
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Hard and it's hard, ain't it hard, great God
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To love one that nev-er will be true