Artist: Tom Russell
[VERSE]
[C]My name is Hallie Lonnigan, I married Walter [F]Jones
For [C]better or for worse, so said the Reverend Doctor [Am]Stone
But the [F]better times are [C]all used up and the worst times took con- [G] -trol
Then [Am]drinkin took my [F]Walter, may the [Bb]Lord protect his [F]soul
A- [C] -lone with two young kids to raise out on the western [F]plain
My [C]children harmonized with wolves and sang just like the [Am]rain
But [F]haulin hay and [C]water were the desperate daily [G]facts
And the [Am]years have carved their [F]memories in the [Bb]muscles of my [F]back, yeah, [G]yeah
[CHORUS]
Hallie [Am]Lonnigan will tell these [G]truths to [F]you
Hard [C]times the only times I ever [G]knew
Hard [E]lucks the only horse I [E7]ever [Am]drew
Hard [F]works the only [G]way I made it [C]through
[VERSE]
[C]Then I married for convenience sake a trader from in [F]town
A [C]blacksmith name of Charlie Hawk whod court me on his [Am]rounds
But hed [F]paw me like a [C]wolverine and theres cheatin in his [G]blood
He [Am]fell upon my [F]butcher knife and [Bb]crawled off through the [F]mud
Well [C]no one was the wiser when old Charlie disap- [F] -peared
And [C]me and them poor children never shed one single [Am]tear
We can [F]run this place [C]on our own, dont need no drunks or [G]cheats
And the [Am]men they step a- [F] -side now when I [Bb]walk down Market [F]Street, yeah, [G]yeah
[CHORUS]
Hallie [Am]Lonnigan will tell these [G]truths to [F]you
Hard [C]times the only times I ever [G]knew
Hard [E]lucks the only horse I [E7]ever [Am]drew
Hard [F]works the only [G]way I made it [C]through
[C]This land was conquered by brave men, your history books will [F]say
Proud [C]men upon fast horses drove the Indian a- [Am] -way
My [F]name is Hallie [C]Lonnigan; Ill have you all to [G]know
That the [Am]secret of your [F]historys in a [Bb]workin womans [F]soul, yeah, [G]yeah
[CHORUS]
Hallie [Am]Lonnigan will tell these [G]truths to [F]you
Hard [C]times the only times I ever [G]knew
Hard [E]lucks the only horse I [E7]ever [Am]drew
Hard [F]works the only [G]way I made it [C]through
[C]My name is Hallie Lonnigan, I married Walter [F]Jones
For [C]better or for worse, so said the Reverend Doctor [Am]Stone
But the [F]better times are [C]all used up and the worst times took con- [G] -trol
Then [Am]drinkin took my [F]Walter, may the [Bb]Lord protect his [F]soul
A- [C] -lone with two young kids to raise out on the western [F]plain
My [C]children harmonized with wolves and sang just like the [Am]rain
But [F]haulin hay and [C]water were the desperate daily [G]facts
And the [Am]years have carved their [F]memories in the [Bb]muscles of my [F]back, yeah, [G]yeah
[CHORUS]
Hallie [Am]Lonnigan will tell these [G]truths to [F]you
Hard [C]times the only times I ever [G]knew
Hard [E]lucks the only horse I [E7]ever [Am]drew
Hard [F]works the only [G]way I made it [C]through
[VERSE]
[C]Then I married for convenience sake a trader from in [F]town
A [C]blacksmith name of Charlie Hawk whod court me on his [Am]rounds
But hed [F]paw me like a [C]wolverine and theres cheatin in his [G]blood
He [Am]fell upon my [F]butcher knife and [Bb]crawled off through the [F]mud
Well [C]no one was the wiser when old Charlie disap- [F] -peared
And [C]me and them poor children never shed one single [Am]tear
We can [F]run this place [C]on our own, dont need no drunks or [G]cheats
And the [Am]men they step a- [F] -side now when I [Bb]walk down Market [F]Street, yeah, [G]yeah
[CHORUS]
Hallie [Am]Lonnigan will tell these [G]truths to [F]you
Hard [C]times the only times I ever [G]knew
Hard [E]lucks the only horse I [E7]ever [Am]drew
Hard [F]works the only [G]way I made it [C]through
[C]This land was conquered by brave men, your history books will [F]say
Proud [C]men upon fast horses drove the Indian a- [Am] -way
My [F]name is Hallie [C]Lonnigan; Ill have you all to [G]know
That the [Am]secret of your [F]historys in a [Bb]workin womans [F]soul, yeah, [G]yeah
[CHORUS]
Hallie [Am]Lonnigan will tell these [G]truths to [F]you
Hard [C]times the only times I ever [G]knew
Hard [E]lucks the only horse I [E7]ever [Am]drew
Hard [F]works the only [G]way I made it [C]through
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