Intro: DDGD
There's nothin' like the good times when the bad times are all gone
A7
Sittin' 'round in Harlan's place singin' some old songs
GG/BDG
Me and Billie Joe would sit and never make a sound
DA7D
Watchin' all them pickers pass that old guitar around
Chorus:
GG/BDG
When there was good old country music for the soul and for the mind
BmGDA7
When those sweet vibrations got out of control you could not find
GG/BDGA greater bunch of poets to sit down and pass the time
DA7D
Playin' good old country music for the soul and for the mind
DGA7DGD
They've played all their new songs, the ones no one will sing
A7
Gettin' by on gettin' high, tryin' to do their thing
GG/BDG
Singin' 'bout the good old days, wantin' to be free
DA7D
Talkin' 'bout Kristofferson and how it used to be
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