Hard Times chords by Kiss

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Eb Db x3
Eb Db Ab Bb
Eb


Verse 1:
Db         Eb     Db
Well, I recall days in the city
           Eb     Db
And I think back, Oh what a pity
       Eb         Db
Remembering how it wasn't pretty
      Ab     Bb
Every day life in the city

Ab/Bb Ab Ab Ab/Bb Ab Ab  Eb

Db        Eb        Db
Out in the street we had to take it
       Eb          Db
With friends around, couldn't fake it
       Eb           Db
What wasn't there, we had to make it
    Ab        Bb
Hanging out down in the city

Ab/Bb Ab Ab Ab/Bb Ab Ab


Chorus:
  Gb  Eb     Ebm
The hard times are dead and gone
    Gb  Eb     Gb   Db
But the hard times have made me strong
    Gb  Eb     Ebm
And the hard times have made me see
     Gb  Eb         Gb   Db
That the hard times ain't where I want to be

Eb


Verse 2:
Db    Eb         Db
We had to fight to be accepted
        Eb        Db
It wasn't right and I protested
        Eb        Db
For hanging out we got arrested
     Ab   Bb
Every day life in the city

Ab/Bb Ab Ab Ab/Bb Ab Ab  Eb

Db      Eb            Db
We'd go to school and then we'd cut out
        Eb           Db
Go to the park and space our heads out
        Eb           Db
We called it fun but there was some doubt
      Ab   Bb
Hangin out down in the city

Ab/Bb Ab Ab Ab/Bb Ab Ab


Chorus:
  Gb  Eb     Ebm
The hard times are dead and gone
    Gb  Eb     Gb   Db
But the hard times have made me strong
    Gb  Eb     Ebm
And the hard times have made me see
     Gb  Eb         Gb   Db
That the hard times ain't where I want to be

B Bbm


Bridge:
 B       Db  B Bm  B     Db  B Bbm
I don't want to be there or even think back
  B      Db  B Bm  B         Db   B
I don't want to be there, now I'm on the right track, yeah

Solo:

Chorus:
  Gb  Eb     Ebm
The hard times are dead and gone
    Gb  Eb     Gb   Db
But the hard times have made me strong
    Gb  Eb     Ebm
And the hard times have made me see
     Gb  Eb         Gb   Db
That the hard times ain't where I want to be

B Bbm


Outro:
 B       Db  B Bm  B     Db  B Bbm
I don't want to be there or even think back
  B      Db  B Bm  B         Db   B  Bbm
I don't want to be there, because I'm on the right track
  B         Db  B  Bbm
Now I'm on the right track
  B          Db  B  Bbm
I'm finally on the right trackx2:

Gb