^CWatching while some ^Gold friends do a line, Holding back the want to in my ^Gown addicted ^Cmind. Wishing it was ^C7still a thing ^Feven I could ^Cdo,^C/B ^Am ^G ^F ^CWishing all these ^Gold things were ^Cnew.

Watching while some ^Gyoung men go to ^Cjail, And they show it all on TV just to ^Gsee somebody ^Cfail. And I guess there's not a ^C7single thing A ^Gman like me can ^Cdo,^C/B ^Am ^G ^F ^CWishing all these ^Gold things were ^Cnew.

^GWishing all these old things were ^Cnew, Good ^Ftimes like the roaring '^C20s and the ^Amroaring '80s ^Dtoo. ^G ^FThinking about the good old days, be^Cfore it ^C/Ball ^Amfell ^Gthro^Fugh, ^CWishing all these ^Gold things were ^Cnew.

The kids don't want my ^Gcigarettes a^Cround, They say its time that dad should ^Glay tobacco ^Cdown. But if I could start all ^C7over, Guess I'd ^Fstill do what I ^Cdo,^C/B ^Am ^G ^F ^CWishing all these ^Gold things were ^Cnew.

^GWishing all these old things were ^Cnew, Good ^Ftimes like the roaring '^C20s and the ^Amroaring '80s ^Dtoo. ^G ^FThinking about the good old days, be^Cfore it ^C/Ball ^Amfell ^Gthro^Fugh, ^CWishing all these ^Gold things were ^Cnew. Wishing all these ^Gold things were ^Cnew.

Merle Haggard - Wishing all these old things were new