Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

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Verse 1

GRAND-DAD SITTING BY THE FIRE,

REMI-NISCING OF THE TIMES WHEN HE WAS A BOY.

 IN THE GOOD OLD DA-YS HE KEEPS ON SAYIN’

/ (Break)

 ‘BOUT EV’RY-THING I’VE HEA-RD BEFORE.

Chorus

 TMES WERE WHEN, TIMES WE-RE WHEN. TIMES THAT WON’T BE BACK A-GAIN,

 TIMES WERE WHE – N.

Verse 2

TIMES WERE WHEN BOYS LOOKED LIKE BOY-S,

AND MY DADDY SAID ACTING LIKE HU-MAN SHOULD.

 HE DOESN’T UNDER-STAND OUR GENE-RATION,

/ (Break)

 AND MAYBE HE CAN SEE- NO GOOD.

Chorus

 TMES WERE WHEN, TIMES WE-RE WHEN. TIMES THAT WON’T BE BACK A-GAIN,

 TIMES WERE WHE – N.

Verse 3

BUT WHEN I GET TO HIS A-GE,

I WILL TALK OF ALL THE GOOD TIMES I HAD TODAY.

 TIMES WERE WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG MAN,

/ (Break)

AND HE THOUGHT AND DID THE SAME THINGS I DO TODAY.

Chorus

 TMES WERE WHEN, TIMES WE-RE WHEN. TIMES THAT WON’T BE BACK A-GAIN,

/ (Break)

 TIMES WERE [Eb#]WHE – N.

 TMES WERE WHEN, TIMES WE-RE WHEN. TIMES THAT WON’T BE BACK A-GAIN,

 TIMES WERE WHE – N.

Outro

[ |C# Ab|Eb7 | ]: Repeat and Fade Out