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D                                            G                 D 
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 
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Me and Billie Joe would sit and never make a sound 
D                                   A7          D 
Watchin' all them pickers pass that old guitar around 
 
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               G                G/B           D                G 
When there was good old country music for the soul and for the mind 
           Bm               G            D                   A7 
When those sweet vibrations got out of control you could not find 
  G                G/B          D                 G 
A greater bunch of poets to sit down and pass the time 
        D                              A7               D 
Playin' good old country music for the soul and for the mind 
 
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D                                       G                D 
They've played all their new songs, the ones no one will sing 
                                               A7 
Gettin' by on gettin' high, tryin' to do their thing 
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Singin' 'bout the good old days, wantin' to be free 
D                               A7             D 
Talkin' 'bout Kristofferson and how it used to be