Standard (EADGBE)

I used to run in a young man's boots

 With a young man's heart

And a young man's roots

(with a hammer-on on string)

But now I stand where a young man stood before

 I don't run like I used to

 This old man don't run no more

Chorus

Hey hidee ho

I used to go where the devil wouldn't go

 Where the river run still

 And the water don't flow

Heaven couldn't stop me then

 Hey Hidee hi

Good lord willin

And the creek don't rise

 And life goes by

 Like the fireflies

 Where the devil sits with a grin