Chords:
{t:Hard Times Of Old England}
{artist:Steeleye Span}
{key: D}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrQL315w0_c Capo 2
{c: Thanks to Verity Bird}
{sob}Intro:{eob} [G] [A] [D] [D]*
Come [D] all brother tradesmen that travel a-[A]lone,
O, [G] pray come and [A] tell me where the [G] trade is all [D] gone,
Long time I have travelled and [G] cannot find [D] none,
And it's [A] O, the hard times of old [D] England,
In [G] old England [A] very hard [D] times. [D] [G] [A] [D] [D]*
{c: {sob}Women 1st 3 lines:{eob}}
Pro-[D]visions you buy at the shop it is [A] true,
[G] But if you've no [A] money there's [G] none there for [D] you.
So what are poor folk and their [G] families to [D] do?
And it's [A] O, the hard times of old [D] England,
In [G] old England [A] very hard [D] times. [D] [G] [A] [D] [D]*
{c: {sob}All{eob}}
If you [D] go to a shop and you ask for a [A] job
[G] They answer you [A] there with a [G] shake and a [D] nod.
[D] That's enough to make a poor man to [G] turn out and [D] rob,
And it's [A] O, the hard times of old [D] England,
In [G] old England [A] very hard [D] times. [D] [G] [A] [D] [D]*
{c: {sob}Men 1st 3 lines:{eob}}
You will [D] see the poor tradesman a-walking the [A] street
From [G] morning till [A] night for [G] employment to [D] seek.
[D] And scarcely they have any [G] shoes to their [D] feet,
And it's [A] O, the hard times of old [D] England,
In [G] old England [A] very hard [D] times. [D] [G] [A] [D] [D]*
{c: {sob}1st 3 lines single strums on 1st beat of bar:{eob}}
Our [D] soldiers and sailors have just come from [A] war,
[G] Been fighting for [A] King and their [G] country this [D] year,
[D] Come home to be starved better have [G] stayed where they [D] were,
And it's [A] O, the hard times of old [D] England,
In [G] old England [A] very hard [D] times. [D] [G] [A] [D] [D]*
So [D] now to conclude and to finish my [A] song
[G] Let us hope that these [A] hard times they [G] will not last [D] long.
And I may soon have occasion to [G] alter my [D] song,
And sing [A] O, the good times of old [D] England,
In old [G] England [A] jolly good [D] times.
And sing [A] O, the good times of old [D] England,
In old [G] England [A] jolly good [D] times. [D]*
