[Intro]
DO DO  DO DO
[Versetto]
DO                                
I wish a buck was still silver, it
                        FA 
 was back when the country was
 strong,  
I wish a buck was still silver, it was back when the country was strong,  
 SOL7                                
Back before Elvis, before the Vietnam
           DO 
 war came along,  
Back before Elvis, before the Vietnam war came along,  
            DO                     
Before the Beatles and "Yesterday",
                                   
 when a man could still work, still
   FA 
 would,  
Before the Beatles and "Yesterday", when a man could still work, still would,  
        FA                     
is the best of the free life behind
 SOL7                      SOL7 
 us now,  and are the good times
                        DO 
 really over for good? 
is the best of the free life behind us now,  and are the good times really over for good? 
[Ritornello]
            DO                    
And are we rollin' downhill like a
                     FA 
 snowball headed for hell.  
And are we rollin' downhill like a snowball headed for hell.  
     SOL                           
With no kind of chance for the flag
                 DO 
 or the liberty bell.  
With no kind of chance for the flag or the liberty bell.  
          DO                         
I wish a Ford or a Chevy, would still
                            FA 
 last ten years like they should.  
I wish a Ford or a Chevy, would still last ten years like they should.  
        FA                     
Is the best of the free life behind
 SOL7                 SOL7        
 us now, are the good times really
                DO 
 over for good?  
Is the best of the free life behind us now, are the good times really over for good?  
[Versetto]
        DO                       
I wish Coke was still cola, and a
                          FA 
 joint was a bad place to be.  
I wish Coke was still cola, and a joint was a bad place to be.  
        SOL7                       
It was back before Nixon lied to us
         DO 
 all on TV.  
It was back before Nixon lied to us all on TV.  
        DO                         
Before microwave ovens, when a girl
                              FA 
 could still cook, and still would,
  
Before microwave ovens, when a girl could still cook, and still would,  
         FA                     SOL7
 Is the best of the free life behind
 
 us now,  
 Is the best of the free life behind us now,  
            SOL7                  
and are the good times really over
     DO 
 for good? 
and are the good times really over for good? 
[Ritornello]
            DO                    
And are we rollin' downhill like a
                     FA 
 snowball headed for hell.  
And are we rollin' downhill like a snowball headed for hell.  
     SOL                           
With no kind of chance for the flag
                 DO 
 or the liberty bell.  
With no kind of chance for the flag or the liberty bell.  
          DO                         
I wish a Ford or a Chevy, would still
                            FA 
 last ten years like they should.  
I wish a Ford or a Chevy, would still last ten years like they should.  
        FA                     
Is the best of the free life behind
 SOL7                 SOL7        
 us now, are the good times really
                DO* 
 over for good? 
Is the best of the free life behind us now, are the good times really over for good? 
[Ritornello]
                  DO                 
Stop rollin' downhill like a snowball
             FA 
 headed for hell.  
Stop rollin' downhill like a snowball headed for hell.  
     SOL                           
Stand up for the flag and let's all
                   DO 
 ring the liberty bell.  
Stand up for the flag and let's all ring the liberty bell.  
              DO                     
Let's make a Ford or a Chevy, that'll
                               
 still last ten years like they
   FA 
 should.  
Let's make a Ford or a Chevy, that'll still last ten years like they should.  
            FA                     
'Cause the best of the free life is
  SOL7                    SOL7    
 still yet to come, the good times
                    DO* 
 ain't over for good? 
'Cause the best of the free life is still yet to come, the good times ain't over for good?