Merle Haggard - In the good old days when times were bad

We got ^Dup before ^Asunup to ^Dget the work ^Adone up We'd ^Gwork in the fields till the sun had gone ^Ddown We've ^Dstood and we've ^Acried as we ^Dhelplessly ^Awatched A ^Ghailstorm a-beating our crops to the ^Dground And I've ^Ggone to bed hungry many ^Dnights as a lad In the good old ^Gdays when times were ^Dbad

I've ^Dseen Daddy's ^Ahands break ^Dopen and ^Ableed And ^GI've seen him work till he's stiff as a ^Dboard I've ^Dseen Mama ^Alay and ^Dsuffer in ^Asickness In ^Gneed of a doctor we couldn't af^Dford Any^Gthing at all was more than we ^Dhad In the good old ^Gdays when times were ^Dbad ^D7

^GNo amount of money could buy from me The ^Cmemories that I have of ^Gthem ^GNo amount of money could pay me To go back and live ^Dthrough it a^Ggain^A

We've ^Dgot up be^Afore and found ^Dice on the ^Afloor Where the ^Gwind blew snow through the cracks in the ^Dwall And I've ^Dwalked many ^Amiles to an ^Dold country ^Aschool With ^Gmy lunch in the bib of my over^Dalls Any^Gthing at all was ^Dmore than we had In the good old ^Gdays when times were ^Dbad ^D7

^GNo amount of money could buy from me The ^Cmemories that I have of ^Gthem ^GNo amount of money could pay me To go back and live ^Dthrough it a^Ggain^A