Standard (EADGBE)

I used to run in a young man's boots

With a young man's heart

And a young man's roots

(with a hammer-on on string)

But now I stand where a young man stood before

I don't run like I used to

This old man don't run no more

Chorus

Hey hidee ho

I used to go where the devil wouldn't go

Where the river run still

And the water don't flow

Heaven couldn't stop me then

Hey Hidee hi

Good lord willin

And the creek don't rise

And life goes by

Like the fireflies

Where the devil sits with a grin