Merle Haggard - Are the good times really over

^EI wish a buck was still silver, and it was back when the country was ^Astrong ^B7Back before Elvis, before the Vietnam War came ^Ealong. Before the Beatles and yesterday, when a man could still work and still ^Awould. Is the ^B7best of the free life behind us now, are the good times really over for ^Egood?

^EAre we rolling down hill, like a snow ball headed for ^Ahell with ^B7no kind of chance for the flag or the Liberty ^EBell? I wish a Ford and a Chevy still last ten years like they s^Ahould. Is the ^B7best of the free life behind us now, are the good time really over for ^Egood?

^EI wish a coke was still cola and a joint was a bad place to ^Abe. I was b^B7ack before Clinton lied to us all on ^ETV. Before microwave ovens when a girl could still cook and still ^Awould. Is the ^B7best of the free life behind us now, are the good time really over for ^Egood?

S^Etop rolling downhill like a snow ball headed for ^AHell. Stand ^B7up for the flag and let’s all ring the Liberty ^Ebell. Let’s make a Ford and a Chevy that’ll still last ten years like they ^Ashould. Cause the b^B7est of the free life is still yet to come and good times aren’t over for ^Egood. Cause the ^B7best of the free life is still yet to come and good times aren’t over for ^Egood.