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Old Ways - Neil Young
AOld wDays
suGre is hard to chDange 'em
cAome what mDay
it's hGard to teach a dinosaur a nDew trick
laGtely I've been fAindin' out
ID'm set in my wGays
Old wDays Acan be a ball and chDain
(same chords for all the verses, it seems)
Well I'm gonna stop that grass
and give up all this drinkin'
really gonna make my life last
clean up my whole way of livin'
up until the party last night
I was a different man
But old ways got the way againEconomy was gettin' so bad
I had to lay myself off
but workin' was a habit I had
so I kept showin' up anyway
Then one day things turned around
I got my back pay
Old ways coming through againI got old ways
I got old ways
Old ways
I got old ways
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Old Ways

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Old Ways - Neil Young

A D

Old ways

G D

sure is hard to change 'em

A D

come what may

G D

it's hard to teach a dinosaur a new trick

G A

lately I've been findin' out

D G

I'm set in my ways

D A D

Old ways can be a ball and chain

(same chords for all the verses, it seems)

Well I'm gonna stop that grass

and give up all this drinkin'

really gonna make my life last

clean up my whole way of livin'

up until the party last night

I was a different man

But old ways got the way againEconomy was gettin' so bad

I had to lay myself off

but workin' was a habit I had

so I kept showin' up anyway

Then one day things turned around

I got my back pay

Old ways coming through againI got old ways

I got old ways

Old ways

I got old ways

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