Old Days chords by John Hiatt
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Intro 1
(G major) (C major) (G major) (E minor)
(D major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (E minor) (D major)
(G major) (D major)
Verse 1
I was (G major) sittin'
in the dressing room with Brownie (C major) (G major) McGee
He was (E minor) drinkin' that milk,
with that (D major) Dewar's Whiskey
Said John, (G major) there's nothin'
written anywhere
Suggest (C major) s the blues will set you (G major) free
Old days (E minor) are comin' (D major) back to me (G major) (D major)
(G major) I was
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Verse 2
ridin' in the back seat,
with Sonny (C major) Terry
(G major) Little (D major) harmonic (E minor) a player used
to drive him around
I think (D major) his name was Harry
Tried to get (G major) him to eat tofu,
raw vegetables, (C major) nuts, and ber (G major) ries
But Sonny (E minor) wasn't havin' (D major) any of (G major) it
Verse 3
He let me share a room with 'em
for a (C major) couple of weeks (G major)
Sonny slept (E minor) with his good eye open
staring out (D major) from under the sheets
I was young (G major) and uncomfortable, I don't mind tellin',
(C major) ya kinda gave me the (G major) creeps
Verse 4
[Chorus: ] Old days (E minor)
are comin' (D major) back to me (G major)
Old days are comin' (C major) back to me (G major)
Don't know (E minor) what was so great about 'em
I played (D major) practically free
I had (G major) nothin' to live up to
Every (C major) where to be (G major)
Old days (E minor) are comin? (D major) back to me (G major)
Verse 5
On (G major) some dates with Mose Allison,
somewhere (C major) out in the Midwest (G major)
Said some of my lyr (E minor) ics reminded
him of the poet Kenneth Patchen
I (D major) took it as a compliment
He was refer (G major) ring to the line about
wearin' neon signs (C major) on your wounds
Later (G major) on I knew what he meant
(E minor) Old days are (D major) comin' back to me (G major)
Verse 6
On (G major) a date with John Lee Hooker at
a packed joint (C major) up in Washing (G major) ton
He came (E minor) in with a gorgeous woman on
each arm as (D major) I was singing my song
Walked (G major) 'em right up and sat 'em on the edge
of the (C major) stage as I went singing (G major) along
And that's called (E minor) "evenin' (D major) son,
I'm the (G major) headliner"
Interlude 1
(G major) (C major) (G major) (E minor) (D major)
(G major) (C major) (G major) (E minor) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (G major) (E minor) (D major)
(G major) (C major) (G major) (E minor) (D major) (G major)
Verse 7
[Chorus: ] Played a gig (G major)
with John Hammond
Jr. up in Van (C major) couver (G major) BC
Exotic dan (E minor) cer came in my dressing room,
started (D major) dancing exotically
They were smoking (G major) something in the audience that night,
smelled (C major) ex actly like cat (G major) pee
Old days (E minor) are comin' (D major) back to me (G major)
Opened up a gig for Gatemouth Brown
down (C major) in Bat (G major) on Rouge
He was (E minor) playing that hillbilly, jazz, cajun,
coun (D major) try, zydeco, and blues
(G major) Throwin' it out past the walls like (C major) some kind
of musical (G major) centrifuge (E minor) (D major)
Verse 8
(G major) [Chorus: Repeat 2X]
Verse 9
Old days are comin' (C major) back to me (G major) (E minor) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (G major) (E minor) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) (C major) (G major) (E minor) (D major)
(G major) (C major) (G major)
Old days (E minor) are comin' (D major) back
to (G major) (E minor) (D major) me
Outro 1
(G major) (C major) (G major)
(C major)
Old Days
John Hiatt
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