Chords for Waylon Jennings - Old Timer (the song)

[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I [A] grew up in Wyoming, in and around [D] Jackson's Hole, _ _ _
_ In [A] the shadow of the tea towns where summers are hot
And winters [D] unbearably cold.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] But the spring and the fall are always as good as [D] it gets.
_ _ _ _ [Am] For [A] over seventy years now, I've watched the sun [D] rise and set. _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] I've been a cowboy, working the [D] roundups in spring. _ _ _ _ _
I've [A] lived in the mountains, _ hunted the grizzly,
Trapping the rivers [D] and streams.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ Always the loner, I've treasured my freedom [D] the most.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] And though I never married as a young man, I might [D] have come close.
_ _ _ _ [C] From somewhere back east, [G] she came to the valley with [D] a man who did her no good.
He [C] was fast with the [G] ladies, ten-horned gambler [D] and a chief whenever he could.
She [C] had no friends or family, [G] and most of the time he [D] was gone.
He _ _ _ _ [A]
died in a card game, and she found herself [D] all alone.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C]
Alone and [G] afraid, left unprotected, [D] cause he was all that she had.
_ [C]
Maybe I should [G] have, but I never told her, [D] so she never knew he was bad.
But [C]
I'll always remember, [G] standing and watching [D] her cry.
_ _ _ _ [A] There was no one to help her, but I was determined [D] to try.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] I mended her fences and fixed up her cabin, _ had everything [C] looking [D] good. _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] I laid by her food and wood for the winter, _ helping wherever [D]
I could.
_ _ _ _ [G] The more I was around her, the more I wanted [D] to be.
_ _ _ _ _ There [A] was something about her that brought out a good [D] side of me.
_ _ _ _ _ [C]
I went into town, [G] bought a new [D] outfit, got me a haircut and shave.
[C] I'd trek through the snow [G] for no good reason, [D] just to go by her cabin each day.
I [C] don't know about [G] love, but I was quite taken in by [D] it all.
_ _ _ Till [A] her brother came in the spring, _ _ and he took her back [D] to St.
Paul. _ _ _ _
[A] I don't go down to Jackson, ain't nothing there but [D] motels and bars. _ _ _
_ Too [A] damn many tourists, no place to hide, they'll find you wherever [Am] [D] you are.
_ _ _ _ [G] They like to call me old-timer, [D] I am getting [G] older [D] I guess.
_ _ _ _ But [A] I don't like the changes, cause I've seen it all [D] at its best.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] When my life is over, I don't want to be [D] left in town.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] But up in the mountains, there is a place.
I've marked off my own [D] piece of ground. _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] High in the Tetons, above and away [D] from Elan. _ _ _ _
_ [A] From the top of old Grand. _ _
_ _ I'll bet on a clear day, you can see all the way to [D] St.
Paul. _ _ _
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