Merle Haggard – 1929 (Guitar)

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[Intro] E B7 E [Verse 1]
E                A           E        A        E
All my life I've heard about   hard depression days

F#7                                   B7
  They so resemble times we're living now

    E                 A    E           A       E
And old news of yesteryear sounds like   yesterday

B7                                          E
  And hunger lines always look the same somehow
[Chorus]
       E                   A               E
Are we living now or is it nineteen-twenty nine

  B7                               E
A dollar bill ain't worth one thin dime

    E                    A               E
And tricks are sometimes played upon the mind

       E             B7              E
Are we living now or nineteen-twenty nine
[Verse 2]
E         A              E      A        E
Old songs tell about the way it was back then

F#7                                      B7
  I think I've sung 'em all from time to time

   E                 A              E        A      E
It looks like we are headed for the same old fall again

      B7                                  E
But a hard depression blues would sure do fine
[Chorus]
       E                   A               E
Are we living now or is it nineteen-twenty nine

  B7                               E
A dollar bill ain't worth one thin dime

E                    A               E
Tricks are sometimes played upon the mind

      E             B7              E
Is it really now or nineteen-twenty nine
[Intrumental] E A E A E F#7 B7 E A E A E B7 E [Verse 3]
E                         A            E    A E
  The devil's changed the candy flavor some

    F#7                                B7
Somehow we've gone to drugs instead of wine

    E               A           E          A     E
But old Skid Row is still alive   with the demon rum

          B7                 E
Is it the eighties now or 1929?
[Chorus]
       E                   A               E
Are we living now or is it nineteen-twenty nine

B7                                   E
  A dollar bill ain't worth one thin dime

E                          A               E
  And tricks are sometimes played upon the mind

      E             B7              E
Is it really now or nineteen-twenty nine
[Outro] E B7 E