Are The Good Times Really Over For Good chords by Merle Haggard

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:

      E MajorE                    E7E7
      I wish a buck was still silver, like it was back when the country
  A augmentedA   B7B7                       E MajorE
was strong Back before Elvis, before the Vietnam War came along. Before the
               E7E7                A augmentedA
Beatles and yesterday, when a man could still work and still would. Is the
            B7B7                       E MajorE
best of the free life behind us now, are the good times really over for good?


Chorus 1:

      E MajorE                           A augmentedA
      Are we rolling down hill, like a snow ball headed for hell with
B7B7                      E MajorE
no kind of chance for the flag or the Liberty Bell? I wish a Ford and a Chevy
                A augmentedA                      B7B7
would still last ten years like they should. Is the best of the free life behind us
                    E MajorE
now, are the good times really over for good?


Verse 2:
      E MajorE                              A augmentedA
      I wish a coke was still cola and a joint was a bad place to be. I
   B7B7                  E MajorE
was back before Trudeau wore rainbow socks on TV. Before microwave ovens when a
 E7E7                A augmentedA                  B7B7
girl could still cook and still would. Is the best of the free life behind us
                    E MajorE
now, are the good times really over for good?


Chorus 2:

      E MajorE                        A augmentedA      B7B7
     Stop rolling downhill like a snow ball headed for Hell. Stand up for
                    E MajorE
the flag and let’s all ring the Liberty bell. Let’s make a Ford and a Chevy
                    A augmentedA
last ten years like they should. Cause the best of the free life
   B7B7                       E MajorE
is still yet to come and the good times ain't really over for good.