D5                                        
Well times ain't now, nothing like they used to be 
   G5                                          D5
Oh times ain't now, nothing like they used to be
        A5                              G5               D5   
And I?m telling you all the truth, woh     take it for me

Well I seen better days, I'm puttin' up with these 
I've done seen better days, but I'm puttin' up with these 
I'd have a much better time with these girls, now it's so hard to please 

Cos I was born in the country, she thinks I'm easy to rule 
Cos I was born in the country, she thinks I'm easy to rule 
She try to hitch me to a wagon, she wanna drive me like a mule 

You know I bought the groceries and I pay the rent 
Yeah I buys the groceries and I pays the rent 
She try to make me to wash her clothes but I got good common sense 

I said if you don't want me, why don't you tell me so? 
You know'd if you don't want me, why don't you tell me so? 
Because it ain't like a man that ain?t got nowhere to go
 
I can give you sugar for sugar, let you get salt for salt 
I'll give you sugar for sugar, let you get salt for salt 
And if you can't get 'long with me, well it's your own fault 

Ah, you want me to love you, and you treat me mean 
How do you want me to love you, you keep on treatin' me mean 
You my daily thought and my nightly dream 

Sometimes I think that you too sweet to die 
Sometimes I think that you too sweet to die 
And another time I think, you oughta be buried alive