Compositions for the Young and Old Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[C][G][F][D]

[Verse 1]
[F]Found
a book of interest the oth[G]er day
Composi[C]tions for the
[G]young and old [Am]to s[D]ing
[F]Poems written many years ago[G]
[F]They told of family and hope [G]and other [D]things
[F]Put together in the[G] old days
When [C]fifteen cent[G]s, it was [Am]a buc[D]k
[F]That's when five would get[G] you ten
[F]Before it took you [G]eight
just to get you [D]one
Some [F]people,
they don't [G]care when they're down [D]on their luck

[Verse 2]
[C]Cheap thrills are aw [G]ful hard
to find these days
[F]No one [C]is amused for [G]free
Someone's [Am]pulling on your [G]mama's
[F]apron string[C]s
You'd better [D]run and see
who [G]it is[Am][G]

[Verse 3]
[F]Playing cards with your neigh
[G]bors on the back porch
[C]Singing with an [G]old beat-up [Am]guitar
gui[D]tar
[F]Going to the local swimming
[G]hole[C][G]
[F]Until they closed it [G]down,
now there's nowhere [D]to go
[C]Things

[Verse 4]
used to [G]be so simple,
long time [F]ago
Now [C]everything is so [G]expensive
and complicated
[Am]I he[G]ar you n[F]eed a licens[C]e for
[D]just about anything
[G]

[Verse 5]
[Am][G]
[F]Used to be that a handsha[G]ke
was a man's word
[C]Now we settle [G]argument[Am]s in[D] court[F]
No [G]one trust[C]s a[G]nyo[F]ne's
inten[G]tions anymore
[D]

[Verse 6]
[F]Rummagin[G]g thr[C]ough the[G][F][G][Am][G][C][D]
[Am]
[G]att[D]ic [Am]when[C] I'm[G] h[Am]ome[G][F][G]
It [C]brings back those [G]memories [Am]to m[D]e
[F]I'd amuse myself whe[G]n I was small
[F]When I was you[G]nger,
the simplest things [D]would do
[F]Now I'm on everybody's mailing[G] list
For [C]things I can[G]'t afford [Am]to b[D]uy
[F]I hear the[G] wea[C]the[G]rma[F]n
He says "it looks like rain [G]for a while"
[F]I guess I'll have to s[G]tay
in[C]side[G]
[F]Make peanut but[G]ter sandwiches and cry
[D]