Eleven Hundred Springs - Good Times Hard Livin' Chords

Good Times, Hard Livin

Words and music by Matt Hillyer

Verse:
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I was a  walkin talkin somethin to prove didn't care about nothin at all,
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Reelin in the streets throwin bottles at the wall,
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We played rockabilly music til all hours of the night,
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We'd wind up in the parkin lot in some great big fight,
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When there weren't no money in it and everything was new,
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We'd drive across the country lookin for somethin to do,
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And you couldn't tell us nothin. We had it all figured out for sure,
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And the older cats would shake their heads. They'd seen our kind before,

Chorus:
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But it was good times hard livin back then,
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I wonder could I do those things again,
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And never give a second thought to if it was a sin,
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Good times hard livin back then,

Verse:
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I was a walkin talkin somethin to prove just playin rock and roll,
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Lovin every minute spinnin out of control,
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Ridin on that midnight rail tryin to have too much fun,
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Probably should've gone to jail for some of the things we done,
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We'd turn on ZZ Top and roll on to another town,
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We wore that sucker out til the whole thing come unwound,
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And you couldn't tell us nothin we had it all figured out for sure,
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But some people that I knew back then won't talk to me no more,

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Verse:
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I'm a walkin talkin somethin to prove but I'm tryin not to fall,
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Cause some funerals I've been to played like writing on the wall,
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And now it seems I've come full circle still tryin to make a stand,
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Ridin five up in a pick up truck playin in a honkytonk band,
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And though the words may be different it's still the same old song,
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Figure out where you wanna be and make it up as you go along,
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And you still can't tell us nothin we've got it all figured out fo sure.
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Shakin our heads at each other we've been down this road before,

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Refrain:
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I'm a walkin talkin somethin to prove but I'm tryin not to fall,
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And if I think about it now and then ain't too much changed at all