Merle Haggard - Are the good times really over

I wish a buck was still silver, and it was back when the co^Funtry was strong, Ba^G7ck before Elvis, and before the Vietnam war came a^Clong, Before th^Ce Beatles and yesterday, when a man could still work, and still would, ^F is ^Fthe best of the free life behind us ^G7now, an^G7d Are The Good Times Really Over For Go^Cod. ^C Are we rollin' downhill like a snowball headed fo^Fr hell. ^GWith no kind of chance for the flag or the liberty^C bell.

^CI wish a Ford or a Chevy, would still last ten years like they should. ^F Is ^Fthe best of the free life behind us ^G7now, ^G7And Are The Good Times Really Over For Go^Cod. I^C wish Coke was still cola, and a joint was a bad place t^Fo be. ^G7It was back before Nixon lied to us all o^Cn TV. B^Cefore Microwave ovens, when a girl could still cook, and still would, ^{F F} Is the best of the free life behind u^G7s now, ^G7 and Are The Good Times Really Over For G^Cood. ^C Stop rollin' downhill like a snowball headed for^F hell. ^G Standup for the flag, and let's all ring the liberty^C bell. ^C Let's make a Ford and a Chevy that'll still last ten years like they should. ^{F F} The best of the free life is still yet to c^G7ome, ^G7 And the good times ain't really over for go^Cod.