Hard Luck Story chords by Elton John

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
C majorC      Bb majorBb FF
C majorC      Bb majorBb FF
C majorC      Bb majorBb FF
C majorC      Bb majorBb FF

Verse 1:
A minorAm
Sometimes I think I'm going crazy
DmDm
Staring at the same four walls
C majorC        G/BG/B       FF
Waiting for the working day to end
A minorAm
Then I get home so wasted, worn out
DmDm
I curse at you and tell you
C majorC             G/BG/B      FF
How I've done the work of ten to fifteen men
     F7F7
How I've struggled for my money
F7F7           A minorAm
Sweated blood to get us by, yeah
     F7F7
Well I'm tired of it honey
F7F7           DmDm        E MajorE
Think I'm gonna have to leave here for a while

Chorus:
C minorCm                     FF
Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, All you hear are hard luck stories
C minorCm                     FF
Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, And the ways I look at life
C minorCm                      FF    D7D7
Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, And the way I think the world treats me
C minorCm           G/BG/B         FF
Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, And the way that I treat my wife

C majorC Bb majorBb FF C majorC Bb majorBb FF

Verse 2:
A minorAm
I never seem to look at you
  DmDm
And see that somewhere underneath
 C majorC       G/BG/B       FF
A augmentedA pair of tired eyes are crying out
     A minorAm
Well you know I work hard all day long
DmDm
Let me kiss you once with meaning
C majorC    G/BG/B        FF
Just to kill this nagging doubt
     F7F7
Well you don't deny I do you proud
    A minorAm
And you expect me to be tired
  F7F7
You say there's no future in our lives
D/F#D/F#                E MajorE
While I persist I'm putting out the fire

Chorus:
C minorCm                     FF
Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, All you hear are hard luck stories
C minorCm                     FF
Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, Just a few well chosen words
C minorCm                         FF     D7/F#D7/F#
Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, 'Cause you're still the woman of a working man
C minorCm               G/BG/B         FF
Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, You've got the heart of a working girl

C minorCm       FF
Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, Don't give me no hard luck stories
C minorCm       FF
Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, Oh, oh no
C minorCm       FF         D7/F#D7/F#
Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, Don't give me no
                     C minorCm  FF
Don't you give me no hard luck stories

Outro:
C minorCm                     FF
Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, All you hear are hard luck stories
C minorCm                     FF
Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, And the ways I look at life
C minorCm                      FF    D7D7
Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, And the way I think the world treats me
C minorCm           G/BG/B         FF
Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo, And the way that I treat my wife