Hard, Ain't It Hard

Woody Guthrie

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C#There is a house in this old town,
 And tF#hat's where my true love lays aroG#und.
 And he taC#kes other women right dF#own on his knee
 And he tC#ells them a tG#ale he won't tell C#me.
 It's hC#ard and it's hard, ain't it hF#ard
 To loC#ve one that never did love yG#ou?
 It's hC#ard, and it's hard, ain't it hF#ard, great God,
 To lC#ove one that neG#ver will be trC#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