In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)
D. Parton
Album: Mama Tried


CAPO IV


INTRO: C  G  C  G

   C             G         C            G
We got up before sun up to get the work done up
     F                                        C
We'd work in the fields 'til the sun had gone down
                   G           C          G
We've stood and we cried as we helplessly watched
  F                                  C
A hailstorm beatin' our crops to the ground
         F                       C
And I've gone to bed hungry many nights as a lad
                F                    C
In the good old days when times were bad


I've seen Daddy's hands break open and bleed
And I've seen him work 'til he's stiff as a board
I've seen Mama lay supper in sickness
In need of a doctor we couldn't afford
Anything at all was more than we had
In the good old days when times were bad


C7


CHORUS:
F
No amount of money could buy from me
    Bb                      F
The memories that I have of then
F
No amount of money could pay me
                    C        F     G
To go back and live thru it again


INTRO


We've got up before him and found ice on the floor
When the wind blew snow thru the cracks in the wall
And I've walked many miles to an old country school
With my lunch in the bib of my overalls
Anything at all was more than we had
In the good old days when times were bad


C7


CHORUS


INTRO



CHORDS without capo:

C  = D#
F  = G#
G  = A#
Bb = C#