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