Key: G major
Intro 1
B
E
B
E
Verse 1
B
Dropped in on an old friend
E
just the other day
B
Passin' through my hometown
F#
E
headin' south to play
B
Found him at the diner
E
in his usual chair
G#m
He stood up and met
F#
B
E
me halfway there
B
Well I called him all the time
E
cause he knew so much
B
He taught me everything
F#
about the music I love
E
B
Then he grabbed his guitar
E
when the talking was done
G#m
F#
And he asked me if I'd play him one
B
G#m
F#
B
He said, play one for old time's sake
E
Play something that will
B
take me back
G#m
F#
B
Don't forget Lefty and Hank
C#m
E
Boy, you know how I feel about that
F#
G#m
F#
B
Someday when you're old like me
E
And there's a young man
G#m
standing in your place
F#
E
Tell him how it used to be
B
G#m
E
And play one for old
F#
B
E
B
E
time's sake
B
Well, the road was callin',
E
but I played him one
To let him know
B
F#
E
I ain't forgotten where I'd come from
B
He just smiled and said,
E
now that's what I like
G#m
And next time, boy,
F#
B
E
B
we'll play all night
E
From a dark hotel room sittin' all alone
B
Just read the letter say
F#
in' old time was gone
E
B
I've got a show tonight
E
I just don't think I can play
G#m
F#
Then I heard a voice inside me say
B
G#m
F#
B
Play one for old time's sake
E
Play something that won't
B
take me back
G#m
F#
B
Don't forget Lefty and Hank
C#m
E
Boy, you know how I feel about that
F#
Cause someday when
G#m
F#
B
you're old like me
E
And there's a young man
G#m
standing in your place
F#
E
B
You tell him how it used to be
G#m
E
F#
B
And play one for old time's sake
G#m
F#
So tonight when I'm on the stage
B
G#m
I'm gonna play one for
E
F#
B
E
old time's sake
B
Old time's sake
E
B
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB E F# G#m C#m
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