{"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":2110665,"song":"Old Days","artist":"John Hiatt","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11458346-old-days-chords-by-john-hiatt/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2110665?type=chord","rating":0.06204,"votes":0,"content":"[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was sittin' in the dressing room with Brownie McGee[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was drinkin' that milk with that Dewar's Whiskey[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSaid John, there's nothin' written anywhere, suggests the blues will set you free[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOld days are comin' back to me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was ridin' in the back seat, with Sonny Terry[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Em[/ch]                                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLittle harmonica player used to drive him around, I think his name was Harry[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTried to get him to eat tofu, raw vegetables, nuts, and berries[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut Sonny wasn't havin' any of it[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe let me share a room with 'em for a couple of weeks[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSonny slept with his good eye open staring out from under the sheets[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was young and uncomfortable, I don't mind tellin' ya kinda gave me the creeps[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOld days are comin' back to me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOld days are comin' back to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDon't know what was so good about 'em, I played practically free[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI had nothin' to live up to everywhere to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOld days are comin' back to me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn some dates with Mose Allison somewhere out in the Midwest[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Em[/ch]                                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSaid some of my lyrics reminded him of the poet Kenneth Patchen I took it as a compliment[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe was re- ferring to the line about wearin' neon signs on your wounds, later on, I knew what he meant[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOld days are comin' back to me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn a date with John Lee Hooker at a packed joint up in Washington[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe came in with a gorgeous woman on each arm as I was singing my song[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWalked 'em right up and sat 'em on the edge of the stage as I went singing along[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd that's called \"evenin' son, I'm the headliner\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOld days are comin' back to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI don't know what was so great about 'em, I played practically free[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I had nothing to live up to and everywhere to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOld days are comin' back to me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPlayed a gig with John Hammond Jr. up in Vancouver BC[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nExotic dancer came in my dressing room, started dancing exotically[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey were smoking something in the audience that night, smelled exactly like cat pee[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOld days are comin' back to me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOpened up a gig for Gatemouth Brown down in Baton Rouge[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was playing that Hillbilly, Jazz, Cajun, Country Zydeco, and Blues[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThrowin' it out past the walls like some kind of musical centrifuge[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOld days are comin' back to me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOld days are comin' back to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI don't know what was so good about 'em, I played practically free[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I had nothin' to live up to everywhere to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOld days are comin' back to me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah, old days are comin' back to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI don't know what was so great about 'em, I played practically free[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I had nothin' to live up to everywhere to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOld days are comin' back to me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOld days are comin' back to me[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["G","C","Em","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}