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I wrote about 9 sets of lyrics while attending the Mariposa Folk Festival this summer. This one has a twist, and teeth.

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July 12: Revisions and chords
Good Old Days
Sean McGaughey (c) Sean McGaughey July 7, 2019
G Am D G

I
G Am
Those, those were the good old days.
D
Kids played on the streets without their mothers
G Am
We had little but we didn't suffer
C
People looked out for each other
D
and kept their business to themselves.

II
G Am
Those, those were the good old days
D
When you knew all your neighbours
G Am
Got a day's pay for an honest day's labour
C
People prayed to one creator
D
Least it seemed so at the times

III
G Am
Those, those were the Good old days
D
If you had the right complection
G Am
Spoke with a certain inflection
C
Your Daddy had connections
D D G
And you knew how to shake hands. Those were the good old days

G Am
By an accident of birth
C
If you inherited net worth
D
and disregard the earth
G
Those were the good old days (X3).
Am D
Those were the good old days
G
Those were the good old days

Good Old Days
Sean McGaughey (c) Sean McGaughey July 7, 2019

Those were the good old days.
Kids played on the streets without their mothers
We had little but we didn't suffer
People looked out for each other
and kept their business to themselves.

Those were the good old days
When you knew all your neighbours
Got a day's pay for a day's labour
People prayed to one creator
Least it seemed so at the times

Those were the Good old days
If you had the right complection
Spoke with a certain inflection
Your Daddy had connections
And you knew how to shake hands.

Those were the good old days
By an accident of birth
If you inherited net worth
and disregard the earth
Those were the good old days (X3).

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from Treehouse (2019 Yearbook), released December 29, 2019
Music and Lyrics: © Sean McGaughey
Vocals and instruments: Sean McGaughey

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Sean McGaughey Ontario

I am a folk singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and children's entertainer in Simcoe County Ontario. By day, I am a mild-mannered Elementary School teacher-librarian.

Since 2013, I have been participating the the February Album Writing Month Challenge at fawm.org to write 14 songs in February.

This year I challenged myself to up my musicianship and production values. This is the result. ... more

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