Old Days chords by John Hiatt

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I was sittin' in the dressing room with Brownie McGee
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He was drinkin' that milk with that Dewar's Whiskey
          G                   C
Said John, there's nothin' written anywhere, suggests the blues will set you free
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Old days are comin' back to me

   G               C
I was ridin' in the back seat, with Sonny Terry
         Em                      D
Little harmonica player used to drive him around, I think his name was Harry
     G                  C
Tried to get him to eat tofu, raw vegetables, nuts, and berries
  Em         D     G
But Sonny wasn't havin' any of it

     G              C
He let me share a room with 'em for a couple of weeks
   Em                      D
Sonny slept with his good eye open staring out from under the sheets
   G                       C
I was young and uncomfortable, I don't mind tellin' ya kinda gave me the creeps
  Em       D    G
Old days are comin' back to me

G          C
Old days are comin' back to me
      Em                  D
Don't know what was so good about 'em, I played practically free
   G           C
I had nothin' to live up to everywhere to be
  Em       D    G
Old days are comin' back to me

    G                 C
On some dates with Mose Allison somewhere out in the Midwest
        Em                        D
Said some of my lyrics reminded him of the poet Kenneth Patchen I took it as a compliment
      G                      C
He was re- ferring to the line about wearin' neon signs on your wounds, later on, I knew what he meant
Em      D       G
Old days are comin' back to me

   G                   C
On a date with John Lee Hooker at a packed joint up in Washington
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He came in with a gorgeous woman on each arm as I was singing my song
G                         C
Walked 'em right up and sat 'em on the edge of the stage as I went singing along
      Em       D      G
And that's called "evenin' son, I'm the headliner"

G          C
Old days are comin' back to me
       Em                  D
I don't know what was so great about 'em, I played practically free
   G               C
But I had nothing to live up to and everywhere to be
  Em       D    G
Old days are comin' back to me

     G                C
Played a gig with John Hammond Jr. up in Vancouver BC
    Em                    D
Exotic dancer came in my dressing room, started dancing exotically
     G                           C
They were smoking something in the audience that night, smelled exactly like cat pee
  Em       D     G
Old days are comin' back to me

G                      C
Opened up a gig for Gatemouth Brown down in Baton Rouge
    G                      G
He was playing that Hillbilly, Jazz, Cajun, Country Zydeco, and Blues
G                  C
Throwin' it out past the walls like some kind of musical centrifuge
Em      D       G
Old days are comin' back to me

G          C
Old days are comin' back to me
       Em                  D
I don't know what was so good about 'em, I played practically free
     G           C
But I had nothin' to live up to everywhere to be
  Em       D     G
Old days are comin' back to me

   G          C
Yeah, old days are comin' back to me
       Em                  D
I don't know what was so great about 'em, I played practically free
     G           C
But I had nothin' to live up to everywhere to be
  Em       D     G
Old days are comin' back to me

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