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The intro is banjo in Bm pentatonic.
[Verse 1]
Some Dday about twenty-five D7years from now
When we've Gall grown old from a-Awondering how
Oh, we'll F#mall sit down at the Bmcity dump
And Etalk about the Goodle ADays
Oh, you'll F#mpass the joint and I'll Bmpass the wine
And Ganything good from a-Adown the line
A F#mlot of good things went Bmdown one time
GBack in the Goodle DDays
[Chorus]
And the F#mGood Old Days are Bmpast and gone
A Glot of good people have Adone gone on
F#mThat's my life when I Bmsing this song about
GBack in the Goodle DDays
[Verse 2]
SomeDtimes I get to thinkin' that we're D7almost done
And there Gain't nothin' left that we can Afigure out
And I F#mguess it must have seemed a lot Bmmore like that
EBack in the Goodle ADays
But when ya F#mgotta go, ya Bmgotta go
There's Galways somebody Adon'tcha know
A-F#mhangin' round a-sayin' "Well, I Bmtold you so"
GBack in the Goodle DDays
[Chorus]
And the F#mGood Old Days are Bmpast and gone
A Glot of good people have Adone gone on
F#mThat's my life when I Bmsing this song about
GBack in the Goodle DDays
[Verse 3]
Oh, we'll Dall join hands and we'll D7gather round
When that Gold guitar starts to Amake that sound
A F#mlot of good things went Bmdown down down
EBack in the Goodle ADays
We's in F#mlove with the people that we Bmhadn't even met
GOut for anything that Awe could get
Oh, we F#mdid it then and we'll Bmdo it yet
GBack in the Goodle DDays
[Chorus]
Yeah, the F#mGood Old Days are Bmpast and gone
A Glot of good people have Adone gone on
F#mThat's my life when I Bmsing this song about
GBack in the Goodle DDays

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Back In The Goodle Days

by John Hartford

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

The intro is banjo in Bm pentatonic.

[Verse 1]

D D7

Some day about twenty-five years from now

G A

When we've all grown old from a-wondering how

F#m Bm

Oh, we'll all sit down at the city dump

E A

And talk about the Goodle Days

F#m Bm

Oh, you'll pass the joint and I'll pass the wine

G A

And anything good from a-down the line

F#m Bm

A lot of good things went down one time

G D

Back in the Goodle Days

[Chorus]

F#m Bm

And the Good Old Days are past and gone

G A

A lot of good people have done gone on

F#m Bm

That's my life when I sing this song about

G D

Back in the Goodle Days

[Verse 2]

D D7

Sometimes I get to thinkin' that we're almost done

G A

And there ain't nothin' left that we can figure out

F#m Bm

And I guess it must have seemed a lot more like that

E A

Back in the Goodle Days

F#m Bm

But when ya gotta go, ya gotta go

G A

There's always somebody don'tcha know

F#m Bm

A-hangin' round a-sayin' "Well, I told you so"

G D

Back in the Goodle Days

[Chorus]

F#m Bm

And the Good Old Days are past and gone

G A

A lot of good people have done gone on

F#m Bm

That's my life when I sing this song about

G D

Back in the Goodle Days

[Verse 3]

D D7

Oh, we'll all join hands and we'll gather round

G A

When that old guitar starts to make that sound

F#m Bm

A lot of good things went down down down

E A

Back in the Goodle Days

F#m Bm

We's in love with the people that we hadn't even met

G A

Out for anything that we could get

F#m Bm

Oh, we did it then and we'll do it yet

G D

Back in the Goodle Days

[Chorus]

F#m Bm

Yeah, the Good Old Days are past and gone

G A

A lot of good people have done gone on

F#m Bm

That's my life when I sing this song about

G D

Back in the Goodle Days

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