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            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 
        

We also have 31 songs by Merle Haggard

• A Place To Fall Apart
• Are The Good Times Really Over
• Big City
• Branded Man
• Daddy Frank
• Hungry Eyes
• I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am
• I Think Ill Just Stay Here And Drink
• If I Could Only Fly
• If We Make It Through December
• Im A Lonesome Fugitive
• Kern River
• Mama Tried
• Misery And Gin
• Miss The Mississippi And You
• My Favorite Memory
• Okie From Muskogee
• Ramblin Fever
• Reasons To Quit
• Silver Wings
• Sing Me Back Home
• Somewhere Between
• Swinging Doors
• Thats The Way Love Goes
• The Bottle Let Me Down
• The Fightin Side Of Me
• The Running Kind
• The Way I Am
• Today I Started Loving You Again
• Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Star
• Working Man Blues

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