Jack Ingram
Beat-Up Ford 
Old Man Said (Either one)
Transcribed by: John Baumann

(G) (D) (C) (C) (x4) 

(G) A young man (D) driving down a (C) dusty road (C)
(G) Like he's (D) got somewhere to (C) go (C)
(G) Driving like he's (D) got a desti-(C)nation (C)
Like he's (G) got somewhere to (D) go in that beat-up (C) Ford. (C)
(G) See, there was a (D) time when he was a (C) young lost soul (C)
He was (G) chasing (D) butterflies and (C) rainbows (C)
(G) Til one (D) day when he found his (C) pot of gold (C)
And the (G) words of a (D) young man who turned (C) old (C).

Chorus:
The old man (G) said,
"You've gotta have a (D) good imagi(C)nation (C),
(G)If you're gonna (D) live the life of (C) old", (C)
He said, "you (G) got to drive that (D) Ford like it's a (C) stallion, (C)
And you (G) got to wear your (D) heart just like a (C) gun."(C)
The old man (G)sa-(D)-(C)-id (C),
The old man (G)sa-(D)-(C)-id (C).

(G) The boy walked (D) out with a new-found (C) hero (C),
Yeah, the (G) boy, well he (D) walked away a (C) man (C),
And he (G) said to him-(D)self that dusty (C)day way down in (C) Texas,
Well, I'm (G) never gonna (D) walk this path (C) again (C).

Repeat chorus, then
(G)(D)(C)(C)  (x2)

(G) The boy walked (D) out he was dreaming of (C) wild times (C),
When (G) old cowboys, (D) they broke down (C) cattle lines. (C)
But (G) now all those (D) fields are all but (C) gone (C),
His (G) heart's still free (D) and he rides (C) on...(C)

The old man (G) sa-(D)-(C)-id (C)
The old man (G) sa-(D)-(C)-id (C)
The old man (G) sa-(D)-(C)-id (C)
The old man (G) sa-(D)-(C)-id (C)
The old man (G (big strum)) said.