Are The Good Times Really Over Cifras

ARE THE GOOD TIMES REALLY OVER FOR GOOD
Merle Haggard
It's best to use a barchord F during this song. Take note of the "no chord" before
the last chorus, but start back with a strong strum.
 
[Verse 1]
         C                                                          F
I wish a buck was still silver and it was back when the country was strong
            G                                       C
Back before Elvis and before the Vietnam war came a long
                                                                        F
Before the Beatles and yesterday when a man could still work, and still would
                             G
Is the best of the free life behind us now
                                       C
And are the good times really over for good?
 
[Chorus]
                                                   F
Are we rollin' downhill like a snowball headed for hell
     G                                             C
With no kind of chance for the flag or the liberty bell
                                                               F
I wish a Ford and a Chevy would still last ten years like they should
                             G
Is the best of the free life behind us now
                                       C
And are the good times really over for good?
 
[Verse 2]
                                                          F
I wish Coke was still cola and a joint was a bad place to be
                   G                         C
It was back before Nixon lied to us all on T V
                                                              F
Before Microwave ovens when a girl could still cook and still would
                             G
Is the best of the free life behind us now
                                       C
And are the good times really over for good?
 
[Chorus]
                                                   F
Are we rollin' downhill like a snowball headed for hell
     G                                             C
With no kind of chance for the flag or the liberty bell
                                                                F
I wish a Ford and a Chevy, would still last ten years like they should
                             G
Is the best of the free life behind us now
                                       C
And are the good times really over for good?
 
[Chorus]
     C                                           F
Stop rollin' downhill like a snowball headed for hell
      G                                              C
Stand up for the flag and let's all ring the liberty bell
                                                                     F
Let's make a Ford and a Chevy that'll still last ten years like they should
                                         G
Cause the best of the free life is still yet to come
                                  C
And the good times ain't over for good
C
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