Elvis Presley

Hard Luck

Elvis Presley


Tom: Dm

INTRO: Bb C

B   F                                      Dm
Oh, I'm really feeling mighty low..no, no, no, 
Em       B                Em  Am F
I got no place that I can go.
Gb  G                      B        F
So, I've got some blues to sing and oh, so much 
             C   F Ab
remembering, woe.

#1.
C           F                  C       Em
Black cats, keep away from me..take my advice, 
B              A
go shinny up a tree.
      G              F
I got hard luck, the hardest kind a luck you'll 
C
find.
        A                   D
I ain't lyin', I've got the bluest kinda blues,
G                         C    F G
drivin' me right outta my mind.

#2.
C           F                C
She's gone, said, toodle-oo..kissed her goodbye 
            A         F
and my, my, my money, too.
         G              F
I've got hard luck, the hardest kinda luck you've 
C
seen.
  A                 D                  G
I mean, the way I'm runnin' lately, my lucky number 
F      C    F C C7
is thirteen.

BRIDGE:
F
Where do I belong, everything I do is wrong..all 
C
wrong, wrong as can be.
      F
Who's stacking all the decks, Lady Luck has got the 
       D              G
hex on me..I'm on her knee, da, da, da, da.

#3.
C     Em   F
Shove off, boy, I'm warning you.
C                              F
This thing I caught, you know, could be catchin', too.
Eb       G              F             Eb             C
I've got hard luck, the hardest kinda luck there can be.
        A     D                               F
Yes, siree, I guess hard luck always chooses, natural 
     B      Bb   C   Em C F B Cm
born losers like me.......(yeah.)