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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.

[Outro]
Just trying to [D] get right with the man before he [C] goes, [D] knocking on heavens [G] door.

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