When This Old Hat Was New Chords

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[Intro 1]
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Oh, [D]I am

[Verse 1]
[A]a poor old [D]man
An[G]d come listen t[D]o my s[A]ong
[D]Provisions they [G]are [D]twice [A]as dear
[D]As whe[A]n that I was young
[D]When this old [G]hat was [D]new
And [G]stored [D]above my [A]brow
[D]Oh, what a happy
[G]youth was [D]I,
when [G]this old [A]heart was [G]new,[Bm]
[G]this old [A]heart was [D]new.[G][A][D]
Not so many years ago,
the [G]truth [D]I do dec[A]lare
[D]When men each other's
works they took, [A]they
No [D]oaths [G]they did re[D]quire,
[G]Men's words they [D]were [A]so true.
[D]T 'was thus in all my y[G]outhful d[D]ays
when [G]this old [A]heart was [Bm]new,
when [G]this old [A]heart was [D]new.[G][A][D]
Oh, and when the [A]harvest [D]came
and [G]we [D]went [A]off to shoo
[D]How often we [G]were [D]merry[A]
[D]made with [A]brandy, ale and beer
The [D]corn [G]it was [D]brought home
and [G]put [D]upon the [A]mown
[D]The workers bellies were [G]well filled
[D]when thi[G]s old hat[A] was new[Bm]
When [G]this old [A]hat was [D]new[G][A][D]
Oh, but how the times are changed,
[G]the workers [D]are [A]so poor.
[D]They give [G]to them their [D]wages
[A]lik[D]e beg[A]gars at the door.
[D]It is cold an[G]d c[D]lothing's thin,
and [G]blankets [D]are [A]but few.
[D]But we were clothed [G]back in[D]side,
when [G]this old [A]hut was [G]new.[Bm]
When [G]this old [A]hut was [D]new.[G][A][D]
Oh, the commons, they [A]are fenced [D]in
And [G]cot[D]tages [A]pulled down
An[D]d Marla's got no wool to spin
[A]Her Lindsay Woolsey gown
The work[D]ers [G]are so [D]poor,
we [G]know [D]this to [A]be true
[D]It wasn't so when [G]best it [D]rained,
And [G]this old [A]heart [Bm]was new,
[G]And this old hea[A]rt was new[D].
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