Chords for dolly parton - in the good old days
Tempo:
189.5 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
G
Bb
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] We'd get up [G] before sun up [C] to get the [G] work done up
[F] We'd work in the fields till the sun had [C] gone down
And we've stood and we've [G] cried as [C] we've [G] helplessly watched [F] a hailstorm beating our crops to [C] the ground
[F] We've gone to bed hungry [C] many nights in the past in the good [F] old days
When [C] times were bad
The [F]
money could buy me [Bb] the memories [C] that I have
[F]
The man would pay me to [Bb] go back and [C] live through [F] it again
[G]
[C] I've seen [G] daddy's hands [C] break open [G] and bleed
[F] And I've seen him work till he's stiff as [C] a board
And I've seen mama [G] lay [C] in suffering [G] sickness
[F] In need of a doctor we couldn't [C] afford
[F] Anything [C] was more than we had in the good [Fm] old days
[E] When [C] times were bad
[Cm]
[C] We've got up [G] before and [C] found ice on [G] the floor
[F] Where the winter blows snow through the cracks in [C] the wall
[Cm] [C] And I couldn't [G] enjoy then [C] having [G] a boyfriend
[F] I had nothing decent to [C] wear at home
So [F] I lost that [C] I never had in the good [F] old [Cm] days
When [C] times were bad
Love [F] my money could buy me [Bb] the memories that [C] I have [F] of them
The man would pay me to [Bb] go back and [C] live through it [F]
[G] again
[C] In the good old [Fm] days
[E] When [C] times were bad
In the good [Fm] old days
When times were bad
[F] We'd work in the fields till the sun had [C] gone down
And we've stood and we've [G] cried as [C] we've [G] helplessly watched [F] a hailstorm beating our crops to [C] the ground
[F] We've gone to bed hungry [C] many nights in the past in the good [F] old days
When [C] times were bad
The [F]
money could buy me [Bb] the memories [C] that I have
[F]
The man would pay me to [Bb] go back and [C] live through [F] it again
[G]
[C] I've seen [G] daddy's hands [C] break open [G] and bleed
[F] And I've seen him work till he's stiff as [C] a board
And I've seen mama [G] lay [C] in suffering [G] sickness
[F] In need of a doctor we couldn't [C] afford
[F] Anything [C] was more than we had in the good [Fm] old days
[E] When [C] times were bad
[Cm]
[C] We've got up [G] before and [C] found ice on [G] the floor
[F] Where the winter blows snow through the cracks in [C] the wall
[Cm] [C] And I couldn't [G] enjoy then [C] having [G] a boyfriend
[F] I had nothing decent to [C] wear at home
So [F] I lost that [C] I never had in the good [F] old [Cm] days
When [C] times were bad
Love [F] my money could buy me [Bb] the memories that [C] I have [F] of them
The man would pay me to [Bb] go back and [C] live through it [F]
[G] again
[C] In the good old [Fm] days
[E] When [C] times were bad
In the good [Fm] old days
When times were bad
Key:
C
F
G
Bb
Fm
C
F
G
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ We'd get up [G] before sun up [C] to get the [G] work done up
[F] We'd work in the fields till the sun had [C] gone down _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And we've stood and we've [G] cried as [C] we've _ [G] helplessly watched [F] a _ hailstorm beating our crops to [C] the ground _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] We've gone to bed hungry [C] many nights in the past in the good [F] old days _
_ _ _ _ _ _ When [C] times were bad _ _ _
The _ _ _ _ _ _ [F]
money _ _ _ could buy _ me [Bb] the memories [C] that I have
_ [F] _ _ _ _
The man _ _ _ would _ pay me to [Bb] go back and [C] live through [F] it _ again
[G] _ _
_ [C] I've seen [G] daddy's hands [C] break open [G] and bleed
[F] And I've seen him work till he's stiff as [C] a board _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And I've seen mama [G] _ lay [C] in suffering [G] sickness _
_ [F] In need of a doctor we _ couldn't [C] afford _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] Anything _ _ _ [C] was more than we had in the good [Fm] old _ _ _ days _ _
_ [E] When [C] times were bad
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [C] We've got up [G] before and [C] found ice on [G] the floor
[F] Where the winter blows _ snow through the cracks in [C] the wall _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ [C] And I couldn't _ [G] enjoy then [C] having [G] a boyfriend
_ [F] I had nothing decent to [C] wear at _ home _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So [F] I lost _ _ that [C] I never had in the good [F] old _ [Cm] _ days
_ _ When _ _ _ [C] times were _ _ _ _ bad _ _ _ _
Love [F] my _ _ money could buy _ me [Bb] the memories that [C] I have [F] of _ them
_ The man _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ would pay me to [Bb] go back and [C] live through it [F] _ _ _
[G] again
_ [C] In the good old [Fm] _ days _ _ _ _ _
[E] When [C] times were bad _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
In the good _ [Fm] old _ days
_ _ _ When _ _ times were _ bad _ _ _
[F] We'd work in the fields till the sun had [C] gone down _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And we've stood and we've [G] cried as [C] we've _ [G] helplessly watched [F] a _ hailstorm beating our crops to [C] the ground _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] We've gone to bed hungry [C] many nights in the past in the good [F] old days _
_ _ _ _ _ _ When [C] times were bad _ _ _
The _ _ _ _ _ _ [F]
money _ _ _ could buy _ me [Bb] the memories [C] that I have
_ [F] _ _ _ _
The man _ _ _ would _ pay me to [Bb] go back and [C] live through [F] it _ again
[G] _ _
_ [C] I've seen [G] daddy's hands [C] break open [G] and bleed
[F] And I've seen him work till he's stiff as [C] a board _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And I've seen mama [G] _ lay [C] in suffering [G] sickness _
_ [F] In need of a doctor we _ couldn't [C] afford _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] Anything _ _ _ [C] was more than we had in the good [Fm] old _ _ _ days _ _
_ [E] When [C] times were bad
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [C] We've got up [G] before and [C] found ice on [G] the floor
[F] Where the winter blows _ snow through the cracks in [C] the wall _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ [C] And I couldn't _ [G] enjoy then [C] having [G] a boyfriend
_ [F] I had nothing decent to [C] wear at _ home _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So [F] I lost _ _ that [C] I never had in the good [F] old _ [Cm] _ days
_ _ When _ _ _ [C] times were _ _ _ _ bad _ _ _ _
Love [F] my _ _ money could buy _ me [Bb] the memories that [C] I have [F] of _ them
_ The man _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ would pay me to [Bb] go back and [C] live through it [F] _ _ _
[G] again
_ [C] In the good old [Fm] _ days _ _ _ _ _
[E] When [C] times were bad _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
In the good _ [Fm] old _ days
_ _ _ When _ _ times were _ bad _ _ _