Old Days

Old Days easy guitar chords by John Hiatt

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    • Intro 1



    Verse 1
    I was 
    sittin' 

    in the 
    dressing 
    room 
    with 
    Brownie 
    McGee 

    He was 
    drinkin' 
    that 
    milk, 

    with that 
    Dewar's Whiskey 

    Said 
    John, 
    there's 
    nothin' 

    written 
    anywhere 

    Suggest
    s the 
    blues 
    will set 
    you 
    free 

    Old 
    days 
    are 
    comin' 
    back 
    to 
    me 

    I was 
    Verse 2
    ridin' 
    in the 
    back 
    seat, 

    with 
    Sonny 
    Terry 

    Little 
    harmonic
    a player 
    used 

    to drive 
    him 
    around 

    I think 
    his 
    name 
    was 
    Harry 

    Tried 
    to get 
    him to 
    eat 
    tofu, 

    raw 
    veget
    ables, 
    nuts, 
    and 
    ber
    ries 

    But 
    Sonny 
    wasn't 
    havin' 
    any 
    of 
    it 

    Verse 3
    He 
    let 
    me share 
    a 
    room 
    with 'em 

    for 
    a 
    couple 
    of 
    weeks 

    Sonny 
    slept 
    with 
    his good 
    eye 
    open 

    staring 
    out 
    from 
    under the 
    sheets 

    I 
    was 
    young 
    and 
    uncomfortable, 
    I 
    don't mind 
    tellin', 

    ya 
    kinda 
    gave 
    me the 
    creeps 

    Verse 4
    [Chorus: ] 
    Old days 

    are 
    comin' 
    back 
    to 
    me 

    Old 
    days 
    are 
    comin' 
    back 
    to 
    me 

    Don't 
    know 
    what 
    was so 
    great 
    about 
    'em 

    I 
    played 
    practically 
    free 

    I 
    had 
    nothin' 
    to 
    live 
    up 
    to 

    Every
    where 
    to 
    be 

    Old 
    days 
    are 
    comin? 
    back 
    to 
    me 

    Verse 5
    On 
    some dates 
    with Mose 
    Allison, 

    somewhere 
    out 
    in the Midwest

    Said 
    some of 
    my lyr
    ics 
    reminded 

    him of 
    the poet 
    Kenneth 
    Patchen 

    I 
    took 
    it as 
    a compliment 

    He 
    was refer
    ring 
    to the 
    line 
    about 

    wearin' 
    neon 
    signs 
    on 
    your wounds 

    Later 
    on 
    I knew 
    what he 
    meant 

    Old 
    days 
    are 
    comin' 
    back 
    to 
    me 

    Verse 6
    On 
    a date 
    with 
    John 
    Lee 
    Hooker 
    at 

    a packed 
    joint 
    up in 
    Washing
    ton 

    He came 
    in 
    with a gorgeous 
    woman 
    on 

    each 
    arm 
    as 
    I 
    was 
    singing 
    my 
    song 

    Walked 
    'em 
    right 
    up and 
    sat 
    'em on 
    the edge 

    of the 
    stage 
    as 
    I went 
    singing 
    along 

    And that's 
    called 
    "evenin' 
    son, 

    I'm the 
    headliner" 

    Interlude 1




    Verse 7
    [Chorus: ] 
    Played 
    a gig 

    with John 
    Hammond 

    Jr. 
    up 
    in Van
    couver 
    BC 

    Exotic 
    dan
    cer 
    came 
    in 
    my dressing 
    room, 

    started 
    dancing 
    exotically 

    They 
    were smoking 
    something 
    in the audience 
    that 
    night, 

    smelled 
    ex
    actly 
    like cat 
    pee 

    Old 
    days 
    are 
    comin' 
    back 
    to 
    me 

    Opened 
    up 
    a gig 
    for Gatemouth Brown 

    down 
    in 
    Bat
    on 
    Rouge 

    He 
    was 
    playing 
    that 
    hillbilly, 
    jazz, 
    cajun, 

    coun
    try, 
    zydeco, and 
    blues 

    Throwin' 
    it out 
    past 
    the 
    walls 
    like 
    some 
    kind 

    of musical 
    centrifuge 

    Verse 8
    [Chorus: Repeat 
    2X] 

    Verse 9
    Old 
    days 
    are 
    comin' 
    back 
    to 
    me 




    Old 
    days 
    are 
    comin' 
    back 

    to 
    me 

    Outro 1


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