Things chords by The Statler Brothers

• Difficulty: Beginner

G                     C                D
Things just ain't the way they used to be
       G           C                    Am               D7
Things I thought I remembered well look different now to me
    G              C               Am        D7
For adult eyes can sure surprise a Childhood memory
    G                     C                Am D7
No, things just ain't the way they used to be

Verse 1:
    G              C                    D
The windows at the school don't seem as tall

   G          C              Am               D7
As I remember neither do the fountains in the hall
         G                   C      Am          D7
And that fifth grade teacher wasn't terrible at all
    G                     C                Am D7
No, things just ain't the way they used to be

Verse 2:
    G                  C           D
The playground doesn't seem as big somehow
    G             C                      Am            D7
And I could put a ball right through the office window now
    G              C              Am             D7
And I know now why chewing gum in school was not allowed
    G                     C                Am D7
No, things just ain't the way they used to be

Verse 3:
      G              C             D
Butch Carter used to keep us kids afraid
     G                   C       Am               D7
He'd bust the lip of any kid who dared get in his way
  G                   C                Am          D7
I wish ole' Butch was standin' here in front of me today
        G                     C                Am D7
'Cause, things just ain't the way they used to be

Verse 4:
A                   D              E
I wish I could have grown into the man
     A          D              Bm                     E7
That I pictured as a child and filled those childhood plans
    A              D            Bm           E7
I'd do it right if only I could live my life again
    A                     D                Bm E7
But things just ain't the way they used to be

Verse 5:
   A             D          E
Forbidden alleys unfamiliar streets
A           D                Bm           E7
Places mama told me I should never set my feet
     A            D                   Bm                 E7
Well today I know exactly where those streets and alleys lead
       A                     D                Bm E7
'Cause things just ain't the way they used to be

Verse 6:
     A             D          E
Buck Painter is no longer unemployed
      A                D                 Bm            E7
Uncle Dick has settled down with age and rarely gets annoyed
    A                D                Bm              E7
And now I hear Butch Carter's gone to workin' for the Lord
    A                     D                Bm E7
No, things just ain't the way they used to be
    A                     D                Bm E7
No, things just ain't the way they used to be