{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2053221,"song":"It Sure Was Better Back Then","artist":"Steve Forbert","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11449944-it-sure-was-better-back-then-chords-by-steve-forbert/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2053221?type=chord","rating":4.14595,"votes":4,"content":"It sure was better back then\r\nSteve Forbert\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWorking on the Georgia Line the live long day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNinety nine degrees and only half past May[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nNailing down the metal with the cross time blues[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI had creosote all over my shoes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI hated it, you know, now I find I miss it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nEvery time my little pension check rolls in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nCourse I had it bad, not as bad as this is[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt sure was better back then[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]B[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYeah It sure was better back then[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWorking in the rain beneath surplus tarp[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nForeman in the wagon twanging a sad Jews harp[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nPassing out at night still in my mud caked jeans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI was living off of berries and beans[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI hated it, you know, now I swear I miss it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nEvery time I look down on my pale white skin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nCourse I had it bad, not as bad as this is[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt sure was better back then[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt sure was better back then[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell, the cable caught my leg, and, boy, the damn thing bled[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nForeman sewed the muscle up with tarp patch thread[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nSit me by the camp, gonna help the cook clean pans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd scrub them down with Georgia red sand...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI hated it, you know, now I really I miss it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nStaring at my TV till the broadcast ends[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nCourse I had it bad, not as bad as this is[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt sure was better back then[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt sure was better back then[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt sure was better back, one more time,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt sure was better back then[/tab]","plain_text":"It sure was better back then\nSteve Forbert\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["E","B","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}