Hard, Ain't It Hard

Woody Guthrie

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F#There is a house in this old town,
 And tBhat's where my true love lays aroC#und.
 And he taF#kes other women right dBown on his knee
 And he tF#ells them a tC#ale he won't tell F#me.
 It's hF#ard and it's hard, ain't it hBard
 To loF#ve one that never did love yC#ou?
 It's hF#ard, and it's hard, ain't it hBard, great God,
 To lF#ove one that neC#ver will be trF#ue

First time I seen my true love

He was walkin' by my door.

The next time I saw his false hearted smile

He was layin' dead and cold on floor.

Don't go to drinkin' or to gamblin',

Don't go there your sorrows to drown.

That hard-liquor place is a low-down disgrace,

It's the meanest old place in this town