PLAY                                                                                                                       Return to Songs

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

_______

 

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.

 

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.

_______

 

Performer Links:

(webpage)

 

Listen to the Saint Louis Banjo Club perform "Old Bones" (mp3)

_______

Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

This Chord Chart may not appear correctly with some browsers.  It should be viewed with a full size window.

The chord names should appear in single rows.   Let me know of any problems.

 

email: jbott@ix.netcom.com