Way Back Then chords by John Prine

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse:
G
Night is falling
                         C
We're doing the things we do
D
You are acting just like me
                     G
I'm acting just like you

Do you remember
                   C
When you were my friend?
  D
That's the way I'd like things
                     G
Just like way back then

  G
Baby's sleeping
                   C
Brother is on the run
 D
I am out undoing
                  G
All the good I've done

If you loved me
                     C
Tell you what I would do
  D
Wrap the world in silver foil
                 G
Bring it home to you


Instrumental:
G C D G
G C D G


Verse:
  G
Lately I see
                C
That I can't pretend
  D
I may never ever see
                   G
The likes of you again

I take a walk, I come back home
               C
Then I sit a spell
  D
Watch the ponies dance around
                    G
The empty wishing well

  G
Night has fallen
                        C
I've said the things I did
 D
The only baby sleeping
                 G
Is when I was a kid

Do you remember
                    C
When you were my friend?
  D
That's the way I'd like things
                    G
Just like way back then


Ending and Fade:
G C D G
G C D G