D                     C        G
You know hard time is just an old friend, just an old friend to me
              D                     C        G
I say hard time is just an old friend, just an old friend to me
               A                       C         D
Tell me now, old friend, when you gonna let me be?

                D           C              G
Can't you feel a cold wind howlin' down, blowin' my song
                D           C              G
Can't you feel a cold wind howlin' down, blowin' my song
                  A           C                       D
Well, I ain't an old man, but you know my time ain't long

                 D          C                    G
Gonna be a hard rain - you can hear it in the distance, sounds so near
                  D        C                    G
Gonna be a hard rain - you can hear it in the distance, sounds so near
                   A           C                               D
People, when the rain comes, it's gonna wash us all away from here

          D           C            G
Mean old woman, people won't you tell me where can she be
          D             C          G
Mean old woman, people won't you tell me where can she be
                A            C                   D
She's the only woman that ever meant a damn to me

            D                    C              G
You know hard time is just an old friend, just an old friend to me
            D                    C              G
I say hard time is just an old friend, just an old friend to me
               A           C                      D
Tell me now, old friend, when you gonna let me be?
               A           C                      D
Tell me now, old friend, when you gonna let me be?
               A           C                               D
Tell me now, old friend, when you gonna let this poor man be?