Standard (EADGBE)
Well times ain't now, nothing like they used to be
Oh times ain't now, nothing like they used to be
And Im telling you all the truth, woh take it for me
Well I seen better days, I'm puttin' up with these
I've done seen better days, but I'm puttin' up with these
I'd have a much better time with these girls, now it's so hard to please
Cos I was born in the country, she thinks I'm easy to rule
Cos I was born in the country, she thinks I'm easy to rule
She try to hitch me to a wagon, she wanna drive me like a mule
You know I bought the groceries and I pay the rent
Yeah I buys the groceries and I pays the rent
She try to make me to wash her clothes but I got good common sense
I said if you don't want me, why don't you tell me so?
You know'd if you don't want me, why don't you tell me so?
Because it ain't like a man that aint got nowhere to go
I can give you sugar for sugar, let you get salt for salt
I'll give you sugar for sugar, let you get salt for salt
And if you can't get 'long with me, well it's your own fault
Ah, you want me to love you, and you treat me mean
How do you want me to love you, you keep on treatin' me mean
You my daily thought and my nightly dream
Sometimes I think that you too sweet to die
Sometimes I think that you too sweet to die
And another time I think, you oughta be buried alive