It Sure Was Better Back Then

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Working on the Georgia Line the live
 long day
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Ninety nine degrees and only half 
   A   E
past May
E
Nailing down the metal with the 
cross time blues
B                       A  E
I had creosote all over my shoes

[Chorus]
E
I hated it, you know, now I find I 
miss it
B                                  
Every time my little pension check 
A     E
rolls in
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Course I had it bad, not as bad as 
this is
B                  A    E
It sure was better back then
         B              A    E
Yeah It sure was better back then

[Verse 2]
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Working in the rain beneath surplus 
tarp
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Foreman in the wagon twanging a 
    A  E
sad Jews harp
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Passing out at night still in my mud
 caked jeans
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I was living off of berries and 
A  E
beans

[Chorus]
E
I hated it, you know, now I swear I 
miss it
B                                 
Every time I look down on my pale 
A     E
white skin
E
Course I had it bad, not as bad as 
this is
B                  A    E
It sure was better back then
B                  A    E
It sure was better back then

[Verse 3]
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Well, the cable caught my leg, and, 
boy, the damn thing bled
B                              
Foreman sewed the muscle up with 
       A     E
tarp patch thread
E
Sit me by the camp, gonna help the 
cook clean pans
B                                
And scrub them down with Georgia 
A   E
red sand...

[Chorus]
E
I hated it, you know, now I really I
 miss it
B                               A
Staring at my TV till the 
   E
broadcast ends
E
Course I had it bad, not as bad as 
this is
B                  A    E
It sure was better back then
B                  A    E
It sure was better back then
B                  A    E
It sure was better back, one more 
time,
B                  A    E
It sure was better back then