Jennings Waylon - Old Timer

Verse 1:

         D       A

	I grew up in Wyoming

                                 D

	In and around Jackson's hole

                   A

	In the shadows of the Tetons



	Where summers are hot

                                D

	And winters unbearably cold

                 G

	But the Spring and the Fall

                                  D

	Are always as good as it gets

                 A

	For over 70 years now

                                   D

	I'd watch the sun rise and set





Verse 2:

                A

	I've been a cowboy

                                    D

	Working the round-ups in spring

                A

	I've lived in the mountains



	Hunted the grizzly

                                   D

	Trapping the rivers and streams

            G

	Always the loner

                                       D

	I've treasured my freedom the most

                   A

	And though i never married

                                           D

	As a young man i might have come close





Verse 3:

          G

	From somewhere back east



	She came to the valley

                D

	With a man who did her no good

                G

	He was fast with the ladies



	A tin horn gambler

	       D

	And a cheat whenever he could

               G

	She had no friends or family

                                 D

	Most of the time he was gone

            A

	He died in a card game

                                    D

	And she found herself all alone





Verse 4:

          G

	Alone and afraid and left unprotected

                D

	'Cause he was all that she had

           G

	Maybe i should have



	But i never told her

              D

	So she never knew he was bad

            G

	But i'll always remember

                                  D

	Standing and watching her cry

                  A

	There was no one to help her

                                 D

	But i was determined to try













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Verse 5:

             A

	I mended her fences and



	Fixed up her cabin

                                  D

	I had everything looking good

            A

	I laid by her food



	And wood for the winter

                            D

	Helping wherever i could

             G

	The more i was around her

                             D

	The more i wanted to be

                 A

	There was something about her

                                        D

	That brought out a good side of me





Verse 6:

           G

	I went into town,i brought a new outfit

             D

	I got me a haircut and shave

             G

	I'd trek through the snow



	For no good reason

                D

	Just to go by her cabin each day

                G

	I don't know about love

                                        D

	But i was quite taken in by it all

                A

	Till her brother came in the Spring

                                     D

	And he took her back to St. Paul





Verse 7:

                A

	I don't go down to Jackson

                                            D

	Ain't nothing there but motels and bars

              A

	Too damn many tourists



	No place to hide

                                       D

	They'll find you wherever you are

                        G

	They like to call me old timer

                               D

	I am getting older i guess

                A

	But i don't like the changes

                                        D

	'Cause i've seen it all at its best





Verse 8:

                 A

	When my life is over

                                    D

	I don't want to be left in town

             A

	But up in the mountains



	There is a place

                                          D

	I've marked off my own piece of ground

           G

	High in the Tetons

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	Above and away from it all

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	From the top of old Grand



	I bet on a clear day - you can see

                            D

	All the way to St. Paul