Merle Haggard - Are the good times really over

I wish a b^Cuck was still silver and it was back when the country was st^Frong Back before ^G7Elvis and before the Vietnam war came al^Cong Before the Beatles and yesterday when a man could still work and still w^Fould Is the best of the free life be^G7hind us now And are the good times really over for G^Cood

Are we r^Collin' downhill like a snowball headed for h^Fell With n^Go kind of chance for the flag or the liberty b^Cell I wish a Ford and a Chevy would still last ten years like they s^Fhould Is the best of the free life ^G7behind us now And are the good times really over for g^Cood

I wish ^CCoke was still cola and a joint was a bad place to ^Fbe It was ^G7back before Nixon lied to us all on ^CTV Before microwave ovens when a girl could still cook and still wo^Fuld Is the best of the free life b^G7ehind us now And are the good times really over for ^Cgood

Are we r^Collin' downhill like a snowball headed for h^Fell With n^Go kind of chance for the flag or the liberty b^Cell I wish a Ford and a Chevy would still last ten years like they s^Fhould Is the best of the free life ^G7behind us now And are the good times really over for g^Cood

Stop rollin' downhill like a snowball headed for ^Fhell Stand^Gup for the flag and let's all ring the liberty b^Cell Let's make a Ford and a Chevy that'll still last ten years like they s^Fhould The best of the free life is ^G7still yet to come And the good times ain't really over for g^Cood