"They Don't Make Em Like They Used To"
Aaron Watson
Capo 2
[Intro]
G Bm Em C
[Verse]
G Bm
Bluebonnets down a long stretch of hill country highway
Em C
Windows down, radio up, ride shotgun next to you
G Bm
You were smoking Camel Lights behind the wheel I can still hear you say
Em C (x2)
Three hundred thousand miles you can't beat an ol' beat up Chevrolet (No Sir)
[Instrumental]
G Bm Em C
[Verse]
G Bm
Well Granny's in the kitchen, smell of fried chicken frying
Em C
She's cooking in her apron singing along with Patsy Cline
G Bm
Playin' ball in the front yard, little sister runs in crying
Em C (x2)
She climbs up in her arms, I hear her laughing through the old screen door
[Chorus]
G
They don't make 'em like they used to
Bm
They don't make 'em like they used to
Em C
They don't make 'em like you anymore
G
They don't make 'em like they used to
Bm
They don't make 'em like they used to
Em C
They don't make 'em like you anymore
{Verse}
G Bm
Well the days have changed since the golden days in some ways we've come so far
Em C
But I never dreamed we'd trade the American Dream for a fancy foreign car
G Bm
Have we sold our souls to save a buck, traded hard work for dumb luck
Em C
And those old country songs are sounding better than ever before
{Chorus}
G
They don't make 'em like they used to
Bm
They don't make 'em like they used to
Em C
They don't make 'em like you anymore
G
They don't make 'em like they used to
Bm
They don't make 'em like they used to
Em C
They don't make 'em like you anymore
{Verse}
G Bm
So you live the kind of life so long after you're long gone
Em C
You'll always be there in their hearts and your love light will shine on
G Bm
And someday they'll sit around down at John T's Country Store
Em C
They'll be laughing over stories you told a thousand times before, saying
C G Bm C
They don't make em like you anymore
D G Bm Em C
They don't make em like you anymore
{Chorus}
G
They don't make 'em like they used to
Bm
They don't make 'em like they used to
Em C
They don't make 'em like you anymore
G
They don't make 'em like they used to
Bm
They don't make 'em like they used to
Em C
They don't make 'em like you anymore
{Verse}
G Bm
Well no news is good news, tell me whose news really tells the truth
Em C
The death toll rises high as gas prices shoot straight through the roof
G Bm
Meanwhile politicians preach, while some preachers politic
Em C
Well we need is lots of love, yeah lots of love might do the trick
[Verse]
G Bm
Instead we criticize, we glamorize who's right or wrong, who's left or right
Em C
Missing out on so many beautiful colors fighting over what's black and white
G Bm
We've gotta forgive, gotta learn to live together, make the world a better place
Em C
And just maybe someday somebody somewhere will look back on today
C
Look back on us and say
{Outro}
G
They don't make 'em like they used to
Bm
They don't make 'em like they used to
Em C
They don't make 'em like you anymore
