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Waylon Jennings - Old Timer (The Song) Lyrics

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  • Verse 1:
  • D A
  • I grew up in Wyoming
  • D
  • In and around Jackson's hole
  • A
  • In the shadows of the Tetons
  • Where summers are hot
  • D
  • And winters unbearably cold
  • G
  • But the Spring and the Fall
  • D
  • Are always as good as it gets
  • A
  • For over 70 years now
  • D
  • I'd watch the sun rise and set
  • Verse 2:
  • A
  • I've been a cowboy
  • D
  • Working the round-ups in spring
  • A
  • I've lived in the mountains
  • Hunted the grizzly
  • D
  • Trapping the rivers and streams
  • G
  • Always the loner
  • D
  • I've treasured my freedom the most
  • A
  • And though i never married
  • D
  • As a young man i might have come close
  • Verse 3:
  • G
  • From somewhere back east
  • She came to the valley
  • D
  • With a man who did her no good
  • G
  • He was fast with the ladies
  • A tin horn gambler
  • D
  • And a cheat whenever he could
  • G
  • She had no friends or family
  • D
  • Most of the time he was gone
  • A
  • He died in a card game
  • D
  • And she found herself all alone
  • Verse 4:
  • G
  • Alone and afraid and left unprotected
  • D
  • 'Cause he was all that she had
  • G
  • Maybe i should have
  • But i never told her
  • D
  • So she never knew he was bad
  • G
  • But i'll always remember
  • D
  • Standing and watching her cry
  • A
  • There was no one to help her
  • D
  • But i was determined to try
  • Verse 5:
  • A
  • I mended her fences and
  • Fixed up her cabin
  • D
  • I had everything looking good
  • A
  • I laid by her food
  • And wood for the winter
  • D
  • Helping wherever i could
  • G
  • The more i was around her
  • D
  • The more i wanted to be
  • A
  • There was something about her
  • D
  • That brought out a good side of me
  • Verse 6:
  • G
  • I went into town,i brought a new outfit
  • D
  • I got me a haircut and shave
  • G
  • I'd trek through the snow
  • For no good reason
  • D
  • Just to go by her cabin each day
  • G
  • I don't know about love
  • D
  • But i was quite taken in by it all
  • A
  • Till her brother came in the Spring
  • D
  • And he took her back to St. Paul
  • Verse 7:
  • A
  • I don't go down to Jackson
  • D
  • Ain't nothing there but motels and bars
  • A
  • Too damn many tourists
  • No place to hide
  • D
  • They'll find you wherever you are
  • G
  • They like to call me old timer
  • D
  • I am getting older i guess
  • A
  • But i don't like the changes
  • D
  • 'Cause i've seen it all at its best
  • Verse 8:
  • A
  • When my life is over
  • D
  • I don't want to be left in town
  • A
  • But up in the mountains
  • There is a place
  • D
  • I've marked off my own piece of ground
  • G
  • High in the Tetons
  • D
  • Above and away from it all
  • A
  • From the top of old Grand
  • I bet on a clear day - you can see
  • D
  • All the way to St. Paul

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