Old And Only In The Way chords by Charlie Poole

Key: G

Verse 1:

G
When you walk along the street
    C                  G
How often times you'll meet
                                        D
Some poor old man who's getting old and gray
    G
His age is feeble spent
       C             G
In his pockets not a cent
                   D              G
And for shelter he has nowhere to go

B-part:

    C
His relations by the score
        G
They'll turn him from the door
                                               D
They'll meet him on a street, they'll pass him by
       G
If you ask them why they do
        C              G
They'll answer you and say,
                            D           G
"He is poor, he's old, he's only in the way"

Chorus:

C
Now let us cheer them all
         G
For they won't be with us long
                                            D
Don't point at them because they're old and gray
      G
For remember while you're young
    C               G
Old age to you will come
                               D           G
And you'll be old and gray and only in the way

Instrumental part:

G - C - G - G - D
G - C - G - D - G

Verse 2:

G
There was a time, I hear
     C                G
When young was not so queer
                                          D
But since that time there's been an awful change
      G
Young men with strength and might
       C                  G
To the parents they would strike
                       D                  G
Yes, it happens every day, that's nothing strange

B-part:

     C
They strike for fear of toil
      G
Whose children they would spoil
                                    D
And sure for death ofttimes they do pray
    G                              C                 G
For himself and faithful wife been toiling all their lives
                                 D           G
To find they're old and gray and only in the way

Chorus:

C
Now let us cheer them all
         G
For they won't be with us long
                                            D
Don't point at them because they're old and gray
      G
For remember while you're young
    C               G
Old age to you will come
                               D           G
And you'll be old and gray and only in the way