Back in the Goodle Days
intermediate
Back in the Goodle Days
John Hartford
The Grass app includes adjustable backing tracks with bass, guitar, and mandolin — a built-in chromatic tuner — a metronome with count-in — chord charts in any key — lyrics with chorus highlighting — demo videos — jam-along practice recordings — shareable setlists — and a finder for 700+ bluegrass jam circles near you. Free on iOS and Android.
Jam Along
Chord Chart
Verse
DD
DD
DD
DD
GG
GG
AA
AA
F#mF#m
F#mF#m
BmBm
BmBm
EE
E
A
——
——
F#mF#m
F#mF#m
BmBm
BmBm
GG
GG
AA
AA
F#mF#m
F#mF#m
BmBm
BmBm
GG
G
D
Chorus
F#mF#m
F#mF#m
BmBm
BmBm
GG
GG
AA
AA
F#mF#m
F#mF#m
BmBm
BmBm
GG
G
D
Chords used:
A
Bm
D
E
F#m
G
rest
Lyrics
Some day about twenty-five years from now
When we've all grown old from a-wondering how
Oh, we'll all sit down at the city dump
And talk about the Goodle Days
You'll pass the joint and I'll pass the wine
And anything good from a-down the line
A lot of good things went down one time
Back in the Goodle Days
And the Good Old Days are past and gone
A lot of good people have done gone on
That's my life when I sing this song about
Back in the Goodle Days
Sometimes I get to thinkin' that we're almost done
And there ain't nothin' left that we can figure out
And I guess it must have seemed a lot more like that
Back in the Goodle Days
But when ya gotta go, ya gotta go
There's always somebody don'tcha know
A-hangin' round a-sayin' 'Well, I told you so'
Back in the Goodle Days
And the Good Old Days are past and gone
A lot of good people have done gone on
That's my life when I sing this song about
Back in the Goodle Days
Oh, we'll all join hands and we'll gather round
When that old guitar starts to make that sound
A lot of good things went down downtown
Back in the Goodle Days
Squeezin' love with the people that we hadn't even met
Out for anything that we could get
Oh, we did it then and we'll do it yet
Back in the Goodle Days
And the Good Old Days are past and gone
A lot of good people have done gone on
That's my life when I sing this song about
Back in the Goodle DaysDemo Videos
About This Song
Back in the Goodle Days is from the eclectic catalog of John Hartford. It's typically played in D. With 6 different chords including two minors (F#m and Bm), plus rests and breaks in the rhythm, this song requires solid chord vocabulary and quick transitions, making it well-suited for intermediate to advanced players.