Hard, Ain't it Hard Woodie Guthrie C F There is a house in this old town, C G7 Where my true love lays around, C F Well, he (she) takes other women (men) right down on his (her) knee, C G7 C And he (she) tells them a little tale that he (she) won't tell me. Chorus F It's hard and it's hard, ain't it hard, C G7 To love one that never did love you. C F It's hard and it's hard, ain't it hard, great God, C G7 C To love one that never will be true. Well, the first time that I seen my true love, He (she) was a-walkin' past my door, And the last time I seen his (her) false-hearted smile, He (she) was dead on his (her) coolin' board. Chorus Now don't go to drinkin' and a-gamblin' Don't go there your sorrows to drown, That hard liquor place is a low-down disgrace, It's the meanest damn place in this town. Chorus Now who's a-gonna kiss your ruby lips, And who's a-gonna hold you to their breast, Who's a-gonna talk the future over, While I'm a-ramblin' in the West? Chorus