It Sure Was Better Back Then Chords & Lyrics - Steve Forbert

[VERSE 1]
[E]Working on the Georgia Line the live long day
[B]Ninety nine degrees and only half p[A]ast [E]May
[E]Nailing down the metal with the cross time blues
[B]I had creosote all over [A]my [E]shoes

[CHORUS]
[E]I hated it, you know, now I find I miss it
[B]Every time my little pension check [A]rolls [E]in
[E]Course I had it bad, not as bad as this is
[B]It sure was better [A]back [E]then
Yeah It s[B]ure was better [A]back [E]then

[VERSE 2]
[E]Working in the rain beneath surplus tarp
[B]Foreman in the wagon twanging a sad Je[A]ws [E]harp
[E]Passing out at night still in my mud caked jeans
[B]I was living off of berries an[A]d b[E]eans

[CHORUS]
[E]I hated it, you know, now I swear I miss it
[B]Every time I look down on my pale [A]white [E]skin
[E]Course I had it bad, not as bad as this is
[B]It sure was better [A]back [E]then
[B]It sure was better [A]back [E]then

[VERSE 3]
[E]Well, the cable caught my leg, and, boy, the damn thing bled
[B]Foreman sewed the muscle up with tarp [A]patch [E]thread
[E]Sit me by the camp, gonna help the cook clean pans
[B]And scrub them down with Georgia [A]red [E]sand...

[CHORUS]
[E]I hated it, you know, now I really I miss it
[B]Staring in my TV till the broadc[A]ast [E]ends
[E]Course I had it bad, not as bad as this is
[B]It sure was better [A]back [E]then
[B]It sure was better [A]back [E]then
[B]It sure was better [A]back,[E] one more time,
[B]It sure was better [A]back [E]then