Waylon Jennings – Old Timer (Ukulele)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## *************** OLD TIMER (THE SONG) *************** written and performed by Waylon Jennings. Verse 1:

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	I grew up in Wyoming

                                 C
	In and around Jackson's hole

                   F
	In the shadows of the Tetons

Where summers are hot

                                C
	And winters unbearably cold

                 F
	But the Spring and the Fall

                                  C
	Are always as good as it gets

                 F
	For over 70 years now

                                   C
	I'd watch the sun rise and set

Verse 2:

                F
	I've been a cowboy

                                    C
	Working the round-ups in spring

                F
	I've lived in the mountains

Hunted the grizzly

                                   C
	Trapping the rivers and streams

            F
	Always the loner

                                       C
	I've treasured my freedom the most

                   F
	And though i never married

                                           C
	As a young man i might have come close

Verse 3:

          F
	From somewhere back east

She came to the valley

                C
	With a man who did her no good

                F
	He was fast with the ladies

A tin horn gambler

	       C
	And a cheat whenever he could

               F
	She had no friends or family

                                 C
	Most of the time he was gone

            F
	He died in a card game

                                    C
	And she found herself all alone

Verse 4:

          F
	Alone and afraid and left unprotected

                C
	'Cause he was all that she had

           F
	Maybe i should have

But i never told her

              C
	So she never knew he was bad

            F
	But i'll always remember

                                  C
	Standing and watching her cry

                  F
	There was no one to help her

                                 C
	But i was determined to try

Verse 5:

             F
	I mended her fences and

Fixed up her cabin

                                  C
	I had everything looking good

            F
	I laid by her food

And wood for the winter

                            C
	Helping wherever i could

             F
	The more i was around her

                             C
	The more i wanted to be

                 F
	There was something about her

                                        C
	That brought out a good side of me

Verse 6:

           F
	I went into town,i brought a new outfit

             C
	I got me a haircut and shave

             F
	I'd trek through the snow

For no good reason

                C
	Just to go by her cabin each day

                F
	I don't know about love

                                        C
	But i was quite taken in by it all

                F
	Till her brother came in the Spring

                                     C
	And he took her back to St. Paul

Verse 7:

                F
	I don't go down to Jackson

                                            C
	Ain't nothing there but motels and bars

              F
	Too damn many tourists

No place to hide

                                       C
	They'll find you wherever you are

                        F
	They like to call me old timer

                               C
	I am getting older i guess

                F
	But i don't like the changes

                                        C
	'Cause i've seen it all at its best

Verse 8:

                 F
	When my life is over

                                    C
	I don't want to be left in town

             F
	But up in the mountains

There is a place

                                          C
	I've marked off my own piece of ground

           F
	High in the Tetons

                               C
	Above and away from it all

                F
	From the top of old Grand

I bet on a clear day - you can see

                            C
	All the way to St. Paul

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