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Old Bones

Words and Music By John Hadley - 1980

Performed by George Burns - 1980,  Dean Martin - 1983,  Ernie Carson - 1994

Verse:
C	C#dim	Dm7	G7
Dm7	G7              G+	C	C7
F	Fm	C             Gm7	A7
D7	-	G7	-  (repeat verse 1 time)
Chorus:
C	-             C#dim	Dm7	G7
Dm7	G7	C	C7
F	Fm	C             Gm7	A7
D7	G7	C	-     (to verse 1 time)
Ending:
D7	G7	C	-           (End)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

Play: Verse, Verse, Chorus, Verse, Chorus, Ending

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Verse:

Old bones inside an old raincoat
Old bones inside of old shoes
Old friends at the hotel
Come by to wish me well
And keep me up to date on all the old news

 

Verse:

Sometimes I have an old whiskey
And I fall asleep in my chair
And dream that I'm a man
Much younger than I am
I bet you'd think by now that I wouldn't care

 

Chorus:

But I love life, I'd like to do it again
Though I might not be much more than I've ever been
Just to have the chance to turn back the hands
And let my life begin
Oh yeah, I'd like to do it again

 

Verse:

It's time for takin' it easy
It's time for takin' it slow
Old bones don't move so fast
As they did once in the past
Now if I have to run, I simply don't go

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com