| ./. | : Repeat previous measure of 4-counts.
Intro:
Fret: | 9 9 | 5 | 2 1 2
A E7A A E7A
Verse 1:
A E7
GRAND-DAD SITTING BY THE FIRE,
D E7 A ./.
REMI-NISCING OF THE TIMES WHEN HE WAS A BOY.
./. E7 D
IN THE GOOD OLD DA-YS HE KEEPS ON SAYIN?
/ (Break)
E7 A A
?BOUT EV?RY-THING I?VE HEA-RD BEFORE.
Chorus:
F#m7 D E7 A
TMES WERE WHEN, TIMES WE-RE WHEN. TIMES THAT WON?T BE BACK A-GAIN,
E7 A E7A
TIMES WERE WHE ? N.
Verse 2:
A E7
TIMES WERE WHEN BOYS LOOKED LIKE BOY-S,
D E7 A ./.
AND MY DADDY SAID ACTING LIKE HU-MAN SHOULD.
./. E7 D
HE DOESN?T UNDER-STAND OUR GENE-RATION,
/ (Break)
E7 A A
AND MAYBE HE CAN SEE- NO GOOD.
Chorus:
F#m7 D E7 A
TMES WERE WHEN, TIMES WE-RE WHEN. TIMES THAT WON?T BE BACK A-GAIN,
E7 A E7A
TIMES WERE WHE ? N.
Verse 3:
Ab Eb7
BUT WHEN I GET TO HIS A-GE,
C# Eb7 Ab ./.
I WILL TALK OF ALL THE GOOD TIMES I HAD TODAY.
./. Eb7
TIMES WERE WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG MAN,
/ (Break)
C# Eb7 Ab Ab
AND HE THOUGHT AND DID THE SAME THINGS I DO TODAY.
Chorus:
Fm7 C# Eb7 Ab
TMES WERE WHEN, TIMES WE-RE WHEN. TIMES THAT WON?T BE BACK A-GAIN,
/ (Break)
Eb# Ab Eb7Ab
TIMES WERE WHE ? N.
Fm7 C# Eb7 Ab
TMES WERE WHEN, TIMES WE-RE WHEN. TIMES THAT WON?T BE BACK A-GAIN,
Eb7 Ab Eb7Ab
TIMES WERE WHE ? N.
Outro: [ | C# Ab | Eb7 | ]: Repeat and Fade Out