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A Good Man Is Hard To Find
1918
Written By Eddie Green

4-Bar Intro

Verse 1

MY HEART'S SAD AND I AM ALL FOR-LORN,
MY MAN'S TREAT-ING ME MEAN,
I RE-GRET THE DAY THAT I WAS BORN,
AND THAT MAN OF MINE I'VE EV-ER SEEN.
MY HAP-PI-NESS IT NEV-ER LASTS A DAY,
MY HEART IS AL-MOST BREAK-ING WHILE I SAY,

    Verse 2

YES-TER-DAY MY HEART FROM CARE WAS FREE,
I SANG ALL THROUGH THE DAY,
NOW THE BLUES HAVE OV-ER-TAK-EN ME,
SINCE MY LOV-IN' MAN HAS GONE A-WAY.
I TRIED MY BEST TO TREAT HIM NICE AND KIND,
BUT NOW THESE WORDS ARE RUN-NING THROUGH MY MIND.

Chorus

A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND
YOU AL-WAYS GET THE OTH-ER KIND,
JUST WHEN YOU THINK THAT HE IS YOUR PAL
YOU LOOK FOR HIM AND FIND HIM FOOL-IN' 'ROUND SOME OTH-ER GAL,
THEN YOU RAVE, YOU EV-EN CRAVE,
TO SEE HIM LAY-ING IN HIS GRAVE,
SO IF YOUR MAN IS NICE, TAKE MY AD-VICE AND
HUG HIM IN THE MORN-ING, KISS HIM EV'-RY NIGHT,
GIVE HIM PLEN-TY LOV-IN', TREAT HIM RIGHT,
FOR A GOOD MAN NOW-A-DAYS IS HARD TO FIND.