Intro
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
♫ Intro:
C majorC
They told him to just fade away,
FF G+G C majorC
His time had past, and all his kind would die young
♫ Verse 1:
C majorC FF
But he remembers when Hank played the Opry, high as a kite
G+G C majorC
While Patsy Cline was out walkin' after midnight
C majorC FF
Well he saw the torch being passed from Lefty to Merle
FF G+G C majorC
Now there's so called successors, but it's hard to find a hero in this world
♫ Chorus:
C majorC FF
There ain't no country music for old men
G+G C majorC
All of the good ones have died or just packed it in
C majorC FF
Now there's posers and losers and would-be outlaws who only know how to pretend
G+G C majorC
But there ain't no country music for old men
♫ Verse 2:
C majorC FF
He was sittin' on a bar stool the first time he heard Jolene
FF G+G C majorC
A augmentedA song by the prettiest angel he'd ever seen
C majorC FF
Back when Nashville was swingin' and makin' them deals
FF G+G C majorC
While Buck was out strollin' the streets of Bakersfield
♫ Chorus:
C majorC FF
There ain't no country music for old men
G+G C majorC
All of the good ones have died or just packed it in
C majorC FF
Now there's posers and losers and would-be outlaws who only know how to pretend
G+G C majorC
But there ain't no country music for old men
♫ Verse 3:
FF C majorC
Loretta and Conway, Jones and Tammy Wynette
C majorC
Songs about prisons, passion and whiskey
FF G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
That's as good as it's ever gonna get (key change to D MajorD)
♫ Verse 4:
D MajorD G+G
They call him nostalgic with a permanent case of the blues
G+G D MajorD
He just walks around wonderin' who's gonna fill their shoes
D MajorD G+G
Lookin' back on the great ones we've lost, he says why so soon?
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
He shed an ocean of tears on the graves of Johnny and June
♫ Chorus:
D MajorD G+G
There ain't no country music for old men
A augmentedA D MajorD
All of the good ones have died or just packed it in
D MajorD G+G
Now there's posers and losers and would-be outlaws who only know how to pretend
A augmentedA D MajorD
But there ain't no country music for old men
A augmentedA D MajorD
There ain't no country music for old men
