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Old Timer Waylon Jennings
I[D] grew up[A] in Wyoming
In and around Jackson's h[D]ole
In the shad[A]ows of the Tetons
Where summers are hot
And winters unbearably c[D]old
But the S[G]pring and the Fall
Are always as good as it g[D]ets
For over [A]70 years now
I'd watch the sun rise and [D]set
Verse 2:
I've bee[A]n a cowboy
Working the round-ups in spr[D]ing
I've liv[A]ed in the mountains
Hunted the grizzly
Trapping the rivers and str[D]eams
Alwa[G]ys the loner
I've treasured my freedom the m[D]ost
And though [A]i never married
As a young man i might have come cl[D]ose
Verse 3:
Fr[G]om somewhere back east
She came to the valley
With a m[D]an who did her no good
He was f[G]ast with the ladies
A tin horn gambler
And a c[D]heat whenever he could
She had[G] no friends or family
Most of the time he was g[D]one
He d[A]ied in a card game
And she found herself all al[D]one
Verse 4:
Al[G]one and afraid and left unprotected
'Cause h[D]e was all that she had
May[G]be i should have
But i never told her
So she[D] never knew he was bad
But [G]i'll always remember
Standing and watching her [D]cry
There was [A]no one to help her
But i was determined to t[D]ry
Verse 5:
I men[A]ded her fences and
Fixed up her cabin
I had everything looking g[D]ood
I la[A]id by her food
And wood for the winter
Helping wherever i c[D]ould
The m[G]ore i was around her
The more i wanted to [D]be
There was[A] something about her
That brought out a good side of [D]me
Verse 6:
I w[G]ent into town,i brought a new outfit
I got[D] me a haircut and shave
I'd t[G]rek through the snow
For no good reason
Just to [D]go by her cabin each day
I don't [G]know about love
But i was quite taken in by it a[D]ll
Till her[A] brother came in the Spring
And he took her back to St. P[D]aul
Verse 7:
I don't [A]go down to Jackson
Ain't nothing there but motels and b[D]ars
Too da[A]mn many tourists
No place to hide
They'll find you wherever you a[D]re
They like to cal[G]l me old timer
I am getting older i gu[D]ess
But i do[A]n't like the changes
'Cause i've seen it all at its b[D]est
Verse 8:
When my l[A]ife is over
I don't want to be left in t[D]own
But u[A]p in the mountains
There is a place
I've marked off my own piece of gr[D]ound
Hig[G]h in the Tetons
Above and away from it [D]all
From the[A] top of old Grand
I bet on a clear day - you can see
All the way to St. P[D]aul
Perret Charles-Amir : perret@diva.univ-mlv.fr
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