Old And In The Way chords by Hazel Dickens

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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As you  (D major) walk down the street
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How  (G major) often do you  (D major) meet
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Some poor man whose life has grown  (A major) old?
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His  (D major) aged form is bent
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And his  (G major) pocket, not a  (D major) cent
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And for shelter, knows  (A major) not where to  (D major) go
See that poor old wreck of toil
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His  (G major) children him do  (D major) shun
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To die, I'm sure, he has  (A major) prayed
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For himself  (D major) and dear wife
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After  (G major) toil and all their  (D major) lives
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Find they're old and  (A major) only in the  (D major) way

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Verse 2

So, let us cheer them on

They won't be with us long

Don't laugh because

they're old and gray

Just remember while you're young

That to you the time will come

When you're old and only in the

way

Interlude 1

Verse 3
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Now, my  (D major) message, I'm sure
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Is for the  (G major) rich as well as  (D major) poor
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Take a rich man when he's growing  (A major) old
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His re (D major) lations 'round him stand
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And they  (G major) take him by the  (D major) hand
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They want him to  (A major) die, they want his  (D major) gold
All through life he has enjoyed
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All the  (G major) things that wealth can  (D major) buy
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But gold his life could not save  (A major) 
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After  (D major) all, he's like the poor
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When his  (G major) journey's nearly  (D major) o'er
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Find he's old and  (A major) only in the  (D major) way
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 (G major) So,

Verse 4
let us cheer them on
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They won't  (D major) be with us long
Don't laugh because
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they're old and  (A major) gray
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Just re (D major) member while you're young
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That to you  (G major) the time will  (D major) come
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When you're old and  (A major) only in the  (D major) way