| ./.     | : Repeat previous measure of 4-counts.

Intro:

Fret:  | 9    9  | 5     | 2   1  2
      A5    E7A5    A5   E7A5    

Verse 1:

A5                 E5         
GRAND-DAD SITTING  BY THE FIRE,

D5           E5               A5           ./.    
REMI-NISCING OF THE TIMES WHEN HE WAS A BOY.

./.            E5               D5
IN THE GOOD OLD DA-YS HE KEEPS ON SAYIN?
                                     / (Break)
     E5              A5            A5
?BOUT EV?RY-THING I?VE HEA-RD BEFORE.

Chorus:
         F#5             D5               E5             A5
TMES WERE WHEN, TIMES WE-RE WHEN. TIMES THAT WON?T BE BACK A-GAIN,

          E5    A5   E7A5    
TIMES WERE WHE ?  N.

Verse 2:

A5                   E5               
TIMES WERE WHEN BOYS LOOKED LIKE BOY-S,

D5           E5              A5            ./.
AND MY DADDY SAID ACTING LIKE HU-MAN SHOULD.

  ./.          E5            D5
HE DOESN?T UNDER-STAND OUR GENE-RATION,
                               / (Break)
   E5           A5           A5
AND MAYBE  HE CAN SEE- NO GOOD.

Chorus:
         F#5             D5               E5             A5
TMES WERE WHEN, TIMES WE-RE WHEN. TIMES THAT WON?T BE BACK A-GAIN,

          E5    A5   E7A5    
TIMES WERE WHE ?  N.

Verse 3:

Ab5            Eb5        
BUT WHEN I GET TO HIS A-GE,

C#5            Eb5                Ab5         ./.    
I WILL TALK OF ALL THE GOOD TIMES  I HAD TODAY.

./.               Eb5            
TIMES WERE WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG MAN,
                                                    / (Break)
C#5                Eb5                 Ab5         Ab5
AND HE THOUGHT AND DID THE SAME THINGS  I DO TODAY.

Chorus:
          F5              C#5              Eb5            Ab5
TMES WERE  WHEN, TIMES WE-RE WHEN. TIMES THAT WON?T BE BACK A-GAIN,
                            / (Break)
          Eb#    Ab5   Eb7Ab5
TIMES WERE WHE ?   N.

          F5             C#5               Eb5            Ab5
TMES WERE  WHEN, TIMES WE-RE WHEN. TIMES THAT WON?T BE BACK A-GAIN,

          Eb5    Ab5   Eb7Ab5    
TIMES WERE WHE ?   N.

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