Chords for Good Old Days (Live Acoustic Version)

_ _ So, Al, when was your last desk job?
[Db] My last desk job?
It was 1982, I think.
It was right before _ [N] and during when I got my first record deal.
I worked for Westwood One, which is a radio syndication company,
which [G] used to be based in Culver City, California.
I'm not sure if it's even still there.
I think last time I drove by it was a Korean barbecue.
_ [B] But, yeah, I worked in the mailroom there first,
and then I went on to [B] a glorious desk job
where I actually got to call up radio stations
and make sure they were playing the [G] spots they were supposed to be playing.
And by then I had _ actually a little bit of notoriety on the Dr.
Domeno show.
So I'd be calling up saying,
Hi, this is Al Yankovic from Westwood One,
and, oh, are you the another one rides the bus guy?
Like, [A] yeah, that's me.
Have you been playing your trident spots?
You know?
_ So it's been a while since I've been behind a desk.
So it feels great to be [E] back.
_ _ _ [A] So how many times a day are you asked [D] to parody something?
Like, [G] you should do a parody.
[A] Every time I walk outside, pretty much.
Or, of course, somebody will have a great idea for me.
Like, oh, Al, I've been holding on to this idea since the third grade,
[D] just hoping that someday I would run into you at the Ralph's
in the frozen food section.
_ _ [G] _ _ We're good?
I think we're ready for song number two.
We'd like to call this next song, [N] song number two. _
Oh, that too.
Yeah, we'll call it that.
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[G] _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ [F] _ _
[G] Oh, sometimes I [C] think back to when I was younger.
[F]
Life was so much [C] simpler then.
Dad would be up at dawn.
[Am] He'd be watering the [F] lawn.
Or maybe going fishing [A] again.
[C] Oh, and Mom would be fixing up something [Am] in the kitchen.
[F] Fresh biscuits or [G] hot apple [C] pie.
And I'd spend all day long in the [Am] basement
[F] torturing rats with a hacksaw
[G] and pulling the wings off [C] of flies.
Those were the good old [A] days.
Those were the [G] good old days.
[Bb] The [G] years go by, [Am] but the memory stays.
[F] And those were the good [C] old days.
I can still [G] remember good [Am] old Mr.
Fender
[F] who ran the [G] corner grocery store.
[C] _ Oh, he'd stroll down the aisle with a [Am] big friendly smile.
And he'd [F] say howdy when you [G] walked in the door.
_ [C] Always treated me nice, [Am] gave me kindly advice.
I don't know why I [G] set fire to his [C] place.
Oh, I'll never forget the day I [Am] bashed in his head.
[F] Well, you should have seen the look on [G] his face.
Let me tell you [C] now.
[G] Those were the good old days.
[F] Those were the [G] good old days.
The [C] years go by, [Am] but the memory stays.
[F]
And those were the good old days.
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Do you [C] remember sweet Michelle?
She was my [Em]
high school [C] romance.
[Am] She was fun to [C] talk to and nice to smell.
So [F] I took her to the [C] homecoming dance.
Then I tied her to a chair and I shaved [Am] off all her hair.
[F] And I left her in [Em] the desert [C] all alone.
Well, sometimes in my dreams I can still hear [Am] the screams.
[F] Oh, I wonder if she ever [G] made it home.
[C] I tell you, those were the good old days.
Those were the [G] good old days.
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The years go [F] by, [Am] but the memory stays.
[F] And those were the [G] good old days.
Let me tell you, buddy.
Those [F] were the good [C] old days.
Those were the [G] good old days.
[Bb] The years go [F] by, but the [Am] memory stays.
[Bb] _ _ [F] And [G] those were the good [C] old days. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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