*************** OLD TIMER (THE SONG) *************** written and performed by Waylon Jennings. Verse 1:

I grew u^Dp in Wyo^Aming In and around Jackson's hole ^D In the shadows of ^Athe Tetons

Where summers are hot

And winters unbearably cold ^D But the Spring a^Gnd the Fall Are always as good as it gets ^D For over 70 year^As now I'd watch the sun rise and set ^D

Verse 2:

I've been a cow^Aboy Working the round-ups in spring ^D I've lived in t^Ahe mountains

Hunted the grizzly

Trapping the rivers and streams ^D Always the ^Gloner I've treasured my freedom the most ^D And though i never^A married As a young man i might have come close ^D

Verse 3:

From some^Gwhere back east She came to the valley With a man who ^Ddid her no good He was fast wit^Gh the ladies

A tin horn gambler

And a c^Dheat whenever he could She had no fri^Gends or family Most of the time he was gone ^D He died in ^Aa card game And she found herself all alone ^D

Verse 4:

Alone and^G afraid and left unprotected 'Cause he was a^Dll that she had Maybe i sh^Gould have

But i never told her

So she never ^Dknew he was bad But i'll al^Gways remember Standing and watching her cry ^D There was no one ^Ato help her But i was determined to try ^D

Verse 5:

I mended her^A fences and Fixed up her cabin I had everything looking good ^D I laid by h^Aer food

And wood for the winter

Helping wherever i could ^D The more i w^Gas around her The more i wanted to be ^D There was someth^Aing about her That brought out a good side of me ^D

Verse 6:

I went int^Go town,i brought a new outfit I got me a h^Daircut and shave I'd trek thr^Gough the snow

For no good reason

Just to go by h^Der cabin each day I don't know ab^Gout love But i was quite taken in by it all ^D Till her brothe^Ar came in the Spring And he took her back to St. Paul ^D

Verse 7:

I don't go down^A to Jackson Ain't nothing there but motels and bars ^D Too damn many^A tourists

No place to hide

They'll find you wherever you are ^D They like to call me ol^Gd timer I am getting older i guess ^D But i don't lik^Ae the changes 'Cause i've seen it all at its best ^D

Verse 8:

When my life is ^Aover I don't want to be left in town ^D But up in th^Ae mountains

There is a place

I've marked off my own piece of ground ^D High in th^Ge Tetons Above and away from it all ^D From the top of^A old Grand

I bet on a clear day - you can see

All the way to St. Paul ^D Perret Charles-Amir : perret@diva.univ-mlv.fr

Waylon Jennings - Old timer