Beethoven Was Before My Time Chords

Key: F# Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb Intro: C G Verse 1: C F C One night while I was playin' at a place called The Big Still C F C G This ole man came up and handed me a dollar bill F C Am He said I've got a favorite song please play it if you can Dm G C It's by Jimmie Rogers, that ole singin' brakeman C F C Well I said I didn't know the song but he kept buggin' me C F C G He said son are you sure cause it was big in '33 F C Am I said I'm sorry sir that was before I was around Dm G C Then that old man said somethin' that really put me down

Chorus: C F C Beethoven was before my time but I still like his songs C F C G Don't you know a good thing just keeps on hangin' on F C Am If people liked it way back then well it can't be all wrong Dm G C Beethoven was before my time but I still like his songs [Interlude] C A Verse 2: D G D Well years have come and gone since that old man passed my way D G D A But I've contemplated on the words he had to say G D Bm Just last night I heard this man a singin' at a bar Em A D I asked him for Hank Williams and dropped a dollar in his jar D G D But he said he didn't know the song that I asked him to do D G D A I said son are you sure cause it was big in '52 G D Bm He said man I'm sorry that was way before my time Em A D And I couldn't help but think about that old man's salty line Chorus: D G D Beethoven was before my time but I still like his songs D G D A Don't you know a good thing just keeps on hangin' on G D Bm If people liked it way back then well it can't be all wrong Em A D Beethoven was before my time but I still like his songs Outro: Em A D Beethoven was before my time but I still like his songs