[Intro]
D D D D7 G D/F# Em Em A A A7 A7 G A D D
[Verse 1]
D D7
This old guitar, I've toted far
G D/F# Em A
And though she's sometimes outta tune
She earns her keep each time she speaks
G A7 D
In the dance halls and barrooms
D7
There ain't an hour that old wildwood flower
G D/F# Em A
Don't procure a little smile
I guess that's how it's always been
G A7 D
Or at least for a long while
[Verse 2]
D D7 G
It never fails when the world ails you
D/F# Em A
And throws you to the ground
A7 G
Some old song forgotten long ago
A7 D
Comes back around
D7
Picks you up and dusts you off
G D/F# Em A
In an old analog style
I guess that's how it's always been
G A7 D
Or at least for a long while
[Instrumental Break]
D D D D7 G D/F# Em Em A A A7 A7 G A D D
[Verse 3]
D D7
Laid my head on feather beds
G D/F# Em A
And a pallet on the floor
A7
But I'd contеst my best night's rest
G A7 D
Followed work days full of chorеs
D D7
Any man that works his hands
G D/F# Em A
Knows true reward and trial
I guess that's how it's always been
G A7 D
Or at least for a long while
[Verse 4]
D D7 G
Restlessness and breathlessness
D/F# Em A
Can creep in over time
G
When things get slow you got to go
A7 D
Hear that highway whine
D7
The more you roam, you'll long for home
G D/F# Em A
With every passing mile
I guess that's how it's always been
G A7 D A7
Or at least for a long while
[Outro]
I guess that's how it's always been
G A7 D
Or at least for a long while
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