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*************** OLD TIMER (THE SONG) ***************
written and performed by Waylon Jennings.
Verse 1:
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)I grew up in Wyoming
D (xx0232@1)In and around Jackson's hole
A (x02220@1)In the shadows of the Tetons
Where summers are hot
D (xx0232@1)And winters unbearably cold
G (320003@1)But the Spring and the Fall
D (xx0232@1)Are always as good as it gets
A (x02220@1)For over 70 years now
D (xx0232@1)I'd watch the sun rise and set
Verse 2:
A (x02220@1)I've been acowboy (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1)Working the round-ups in spring
A (x02220@1)I've lived in the mountains
Hunted the grizzly
D (xx0232@1)Trapping the rivers and streams
G (320003@1)Always the loner
D (xx0232@1)I've treasured my freedom the most
A (x02220@1)And though i never married
D (xx0232@1)As ayoung (x02210@1)man i might have come close
Verse 3:
G (320003@1)From somewhere back east
She came to the valley
D (xx0232@1)With aman (x02210@1)who did her no good
G (320003@1)He was fast with the ladies
Atin (x02220@1)horn gambler
D (xx0232@1)And acheat (x02210@1)whenever he could
G (320003@1)She had no friends or family
D (xx0232@1)Most of the time he was gone
A (x02220@1)He died in acard (x02210@1)game
D (xx0232@1)And she found herself all alone
Verse 4:
G (320003@1)Alone and afraid and left unprotected
D (xx0232@1)'Cause he was all that she had
G (320003@1)Maybe i should have
But i never told her
D (xx0232@1)So she never knew he was bad
G (320003@1)But i'll always remember
D (xx0232@1)Standing and watching her cry
A (x02220@1)There was no one to help her
D (xx0232@1)But i was determined to try
Verse 5:
A (x02220@1)I mended her fences and
Fixed up her cabin
D (xx0232@1)I had everything looking good
A (x02220@1)I laid by her food
And wood for the winter
D (xx0232@1)Helping wherever i could
G (320003@1)The more i was around her
D (xx0232@1)The more i wanted to be
A (x02220@1)There was something about her
D (xx0232@1)That brought out agood (x02210@1)side of me
Verse 6:
G (320003@1)I went into town,i brought anew (x02210@1)outfit
D (xx0232@1)I got me ahaircut (x02210@1)and shave
G (320003@1)I'd trek through the snow
For no good reason
D (xx0232@1)Just to go by her cabin each day
G (320003@1)I don't know about love
D (xx0232@1)But i was quite taken in by it all
A (x02220@1)Till her brother came in the Spring
D (xx0232@1)And he took her back to St. Paul
Verse 7:
A (x02220@1)I don't go down to Jackson
D (xx0232@1)Ain't nothing there but motels and bars
A (x02220@1)Too damn many tourists
No place to hide
D (xx0232@1)They'll find you wherever you are
G (320003@1)They like to call me old timer
D (xx0232@1)I am getting older i guess
A (x02220@1)But i don't like the changes
D (xx0232@1)'Cause i've seen it all at its best
Verse 8:
A (x02220@1)When my life is over
D (xx0232@1)I don't want to be left in town
A (x02220@1)But up in the mountains
There is aplace (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1)I've marked off my own piece of ground
G (320003@1)High in the Tetons
D (xx0232@1)Above and away from it all
A (x02220@1)From the top of old Grand
I bet on aclear (x02210@1)day - you can see
D (xx0232@1)All the way to St. Paul
Perret Charles-Amir : perret@diva.univ-mlv.fr
