Old Hippie 20 years later - Bellamy Brothers [Verse 1] [G] He'll be fifty five this weekend, [C] can't believe he's lived this [G] long, But now he hangs out with the grand-kids, instead of [C] toking on his [D] bone, He still [C] thinks about the crazy days but [G] thanks his God above, That he [C] traded in the loving for a [G] greater kind of [D] love, He still [Bm] shoots from that old peace sign, [C] still gentle as a [G] dove. [Verse 2] [G] He loves all kinds of music, [C] country rock with a little [G] roll, But nowadays he's partial too, the melodies that [C] saved his [D] soul, Life has [C] put him through the wringer friends have [G] fallen through the cracks, And all the [C] trips he's taken have [G] been to hell and [D] back, He don't [Bm] feel that cool no more, [C] but he don't care and that's a [G] fact. |[Chorus] |He's an [C] old hippie, getting [G] older every day, |But his [D] eyes are on the prize and his [G] faith ain't gonna stray, |He's an [C] old hippie he knows [G] what his life is for, |Trying to [D] get right with the man before he [C] goes, [D] knocking on heavens [G] door. [Verse 3] [G] He's been confused about the issues, [C] from Vietnam to Desert [G] Storm, But he prays every night for, the guys and [C] gals in uni[D]form, He ain't [C] trying to convert you just [G] glad for your new start, And he [C] won't be preaching to you like some [G] born again old [D] fart, He'll just [Bm] tell you about the love he's found, [C] deep within his [G] heart. [Chorus] [Verse 4] [G] Well he skips the crowds and the gatherings, [C] Spends some quiet time [G] alone, His family is his universe, and [C] heaven is his [D] home, He's [C] seen and done it all been in the [G] belly of the whale, He's [C] looked the devil in the eye and [G] sent him back to [D] hell, He [Bm] thanks dear Jesus every day, that he's [C] lived to tell the [G] tale. |[Chorus] |He's an [C] old hippie, getting [G] older every day, |But his [D] eyes are on the prize and his [G] faith ain't gonna stray, |He's an [C] old hippie he knows [G] what his life is for, |Trying to [D] get right with the man before he [C] goes, [D] knocking on heavens [G] door. [Outro] Just trying to [D] get right with the man before he [C] goes, [D] knocking on heavens [G] door.