The Old Guys
Recorded by Dan + Shay & Cody Johnson
Album: Young (2026)

(Non Capo)

(Intro.)
|(D) / / / |(D) / / / |

(Verse 1)
(D)God forbid you go before I do
That'd (A/C#)be the start of the hell that I'd go (Bm)through
I'd be (Am)three sheets deep in Boston, maybe (G)lost in Baton Rouge
(D)God forbid you (Asus4)go before I (A)do
 
(Chorus 1)
I'd be the (G)possum in the ground, I'd be Whitley on the brown
He stopped (D)loving her today, I'm no stranger to the rain
I'd be (G)Merle locked in San Quentin, I'd have a real damn hard time quittin'
I'd have (D)no reason and no why, I'd be lonely as the crow flies
I'd be a (Em)goner on a stool
(D/F#) With a (G)jukebox and a few of the (D)old guys...Oh, oh
 
(Verse 2)
(D)Next to some broke heart out getting drunk
I'd (A/C#)tell him 'bout the girl I got to (Bm)love
And (Am)how I'd (G)never find another and I sure wouldn't want to
(A)God forbid you go a single day before I do
 
(Chorus 2)
I'd be the (G)possum in the ground, I'd be Whitley on the brown
He stopped (D)loving her today, I'm no stranger to the rain
I'd be (G)Merle locked in San Quentin, I'd have a real damn hard time quittin'
I'd have (D)no reason and no why, I'd be lonely as the crow flies
I'd be a (Em)goner on a stool
(D) With a (G)jukebox and a few of the (D)old guys, Oh
 
(Bridge)
I'd be a (G)long slide on a steel guitar
Another (A)long night in another bar
 
(Chorus 3)
I'd be the (G)possum in the ground, I'd be Whitley on the brown
He stopped (D)loving her today, I'm no stranger to the rain
I'd be (G)Merle locked in San Quentin, I'd have a real damn hard time quittin'
I'd have (D)no reason and no why, I'd be lonely as the crow flies
I'd be a (Em)goner on a stool
(D) With a (G)jukebox and a few - - - of the (D)old guys / / / (D) / / /
 
(Outro.)
(D)God forbid you go before I do - - - - -