Things
Things

Things easy guitar chords by The Statler Brothers

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

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Transpose

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Capo

  • G

  • Bbdim

  • Am

  • D

  • C

  • A

  • E

  • B

    2

  • Bm

    2

  • Cdim

    3

  • G

  • Bbdim

  • Am

  • D

  • C

  • A

  • E

  • B

    2

  • Bm

    2

  • Cdim

    3
    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    Things 
    just 
    ain't 

    the 
    way 
    they 
    used 
    to 
    be 

    Things 
    I 
    thought 
    I 
    remembered 

    well 
    look 
    dif
    ferent 
    now 
    to 
    me 

    For 
    adult 
    eyes 
    can 
    sure 
    surprise 

    a 
    Child
    hood 
    memory 

    No, 
    things 
    just 
    ain't 
    the 
    way 

    they 
    used 
    to 
    be 

    Verse 2

    The 
    windows 
    at 
    the 
    school 

    don't 
    seem 
    as 
    tall 

    As 
    I 
    remem
    ber 
    neither 
    do 

    the 
    foun
    tains 
    in 
    the 
    hall 

    And 
    that 
    fifth 
    grade 
    teacher 

    wasn't 
    terrible 
    at 
    all 

    No, 
    things 
    just 
    ain't 
    the 

    way 
    they 
    used 
    to 
    be 

    Verse 3

    The 
    playground 
    doesn't 
    seem 

    as 
    big 
    some
    how 

    And 
    I 
    could 
    put 
    a 
    ball 
    right 
    through 

    the 
    of
    fice 
    window 
    now 

    And 
    I 
    know 
    now 
    why 
    chewing 

    gum 
    in 
    school 
    was 
    not 
    allowed 

    No, 
    things 
    just 
    ain't 
    the 
    way 

    they 
    used 
    to 
    be 

    Verse 4

    Butch 
    Carter 
    used 
    to 
    keep 

    us 
    kids 
    afraid 

    He'd 
    bust 
    the 
    lip 
    of 
    any 
    kid 

    who 
    dared 
    get 
    in 
    his 
    way 

    I 
    wish 
    ole' 
    Butch 
    was standin' 

    here 
    in 
    front 
    of 
    me 
    today 

    'Cause, 
    things 
    just 
    ain't 
    the way 

    they 
    used 
    to 
    be 

    Verse 5

    I 
    wish 
    I 
    could 
    have 
    grown 
    into 
    the 
    man 

    That 
    I 
    pictured 
    as 
    a child 
    and 

    filled 
    those 
    childhood 
    plans 

    I'd 
    do 
    it 
    right 
    if 
    only 
    I 

    could 
    live 
    my 
    life 
    again 

    But 
    things 
    just 
    ain't 
    the 
    way 

    they 
    used 
    to 
    be 

    Verse 6

    For
    bidden 
    alleys 
    unfamiliar 
    street
    s, 

    Places 
    mama 
    told 
    me 
    I 
    should 

    never 
    set 
    my 
    feet 

    Well 
    today 
    I 
    know 
    exactly 
    where 
    those 

    streets 
    and 
    alleys 
    lead 

    'Cause 
    things 
    just 
    ain't 
    the 
    way 

    they 
    used 
    to 
    be 


    Verse 7
    Buck 
    Painter 
    is 
    no 
    longer 

    unem
    ployed, 

    Uncle Dick 
    has settled 
    down 
    with age 

    and rarely 
    gets 
    annoyed 

    And 
    now 
    I hear 
    Butch 
    Carter's 

    gone 
    to 
    work
    in' 
    for 
    the Lord 

    No, 
    things 
    just 
    ain't 
    the 
    way 

    they 
    used 
    to 
    be 

    No, 
    things 
    just 
    ain't 
    the 
    way 
    they 
    used 
    to 
    be 


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