In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) chords by Merle Haggard
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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We got
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up before sunup to get the work done up
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We'd work in the fields till the
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sun had gone down
We've stood and we've cried
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as we helplessly watched
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A hailstorm a beatin' our
crops to the ground
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Verse 2
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And I've gone to bed hungry
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many nights as a lad
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In the good old days when
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times were bad
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I've seen daddy's hands
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break open and bleed
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And I've seen him work till
he's stiff as a board
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Verse 3
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I've seen mama lay and
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suffer in sickness
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In need of a doctor we couldn't afford
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Anything at all was more than we had
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In the good old days when
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times were bad
Verse 4
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No ammount of money could
buy from me
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The mem'ries that I have of them
No ammount of money could pay me
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To go back and live through it again
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Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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We've got up before we
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found ice on the floor
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Where the wind would blew snow
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Through the cracks in the wall
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And I've walked many miles
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to an old country school
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With my luch in a bag of my overalls
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Anything at all was more than we had
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In the good old days when
times were bad
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Verse 6
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No ammount of money
could buy from me
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The mem'ries that I have of them
No ammount of money could pay me
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To go back and live through it again
Outro 1
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In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)
Merle Haggard
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