D        F#m          G        D
Life was rough on the lone prairie
D         A       G
We didn't have it made
D            F#m               G         D
The northern winds brought the cold snow flury
D              A            G
And brought us close to the grave


[Pre-Chorus]
    Bm                            Bm/A
You carried our child through the warm spring haul
       G                        E7             A A/G  A/F#  A/E
And if all went well you'd be a mother come to fall


[Chorus]
       D    F#m   Bm   Bm/A   G               D
We had hard times comin' with twisters on the ground
       D    F#m    Bm  Bm/A               G                  A
We had tumbleweeds runnin' and they would almost knocked you down
         Bm                     Bm/A
We would hide beneath the storm cellar's door
        G                        E7
And without you there I couldn't take it anymore
       D    F#m   Bm  Bm/A
We had hard times comin'
              G         A         D
But with your loving we made it alright


[Instrumental]
D  F#m  G  x2


[Verse 2]
D         F#m              G           D
The river swelled till the flash blood raged
D       A       G
Washing out the plains
D         F#m              G          D
The cottonwood stood with strength of age
D            A          G
And like the trees we remained


[Pre-Chorus]
   Bm                       Bm/A
It takes the true woman who believes in her man
    G                           E7                 A A/G  A/F#  A/E
To stand at his side while he's struggling for his land


[Chorus]
       D    F#m   Bm   Bm/A   G                D
We had hard times comin' with sand storms all around
       D       F#m Bm  Bm/A    G                         A
We had prairie hay burnin' our house burned right to the ground
       Bm                  Bm/A
Oh the hardships never did seem to in
         G                             E7
But when I'd fall down you'd picked me right back up again
       D    F#m   Bm  Bm/A
We had hard times comin'
              G         A         D
But with your loving we made it alright
       D    F#m   Bm  Bm/A
We had hard times comin'
              G         A         D
But with your loving we made it alright