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They Dont Make Em Like They Used To

by Aaron Watson

Biography:

As one of Texas’s hottest young touring acts, Aaron Watson has earned his musical stripes the hard way; on the road, traveling thousands of miles to hundreds of honky-tonks across the Southwest and beyond. And for this rising star, the payoff could not have been sweeter than one magical night this past February when he stepped on stage at the legendary Texas Hall of Fame in Bryan, TX, where so many heavyweights had stood before him, to record his latest release.

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"They Don't Make Em Like They Used To"
Aaron Watson
Capo 2

[Intro]
G Bm Em C

[Verse]
G Bm
Bluebonnets down a long stretch of hill country highway
Em C
Windows down, radio up, ride shotgun next to you
G Bm
You were smoking Camel Lights behind the wheel I can still hear you say
Em C (x2)
Three hundred thousand miles you can't beat an ol' beat up Chevrolet (No Sir)

[Instrumental]
G Bm Em C

[Verse]
G Bm
Well Granny's in the kitchen, smell of fried chicken frying
Em C
She's cooking in her apron singing along with Patsy Cline
G Bm
Playin' ball in the front yard, little sister runs in crying
Em C (x2)
She climbs up in her arms, I hear her laughing through the old screen door

[Chorus]
G
They don't make 'em like they used to
Bm
They don't make 'em like they used to
Em C
They don't make 'em like you anymore

G
They don't make 'em like they used to
Bm
They don't make 'em like they used to
Em C
They don't make 'em like you anymore

{Verse}
G Bm
Well the days have changed since the golden days in some ways we've come so far
Em C
But I never dreamed we'd trade the American Dream for a fancy foreign car
G Bm
Have we sold our souls to save a buck, traded hard work for dumb luck
Em C
And those old country songs are sounding better than ever before

{Chorus}
G
They don't make 'em like they used to
Bm
They don't make 'em like they used to
Em C
They don't make 'em like you anymore

G
They don't make 'em like they used to
Bm
They don't make 'em like they used to
Em C
They don't make 'em like you anymore

{Verse}
G Bm
So you live the kind of life so long after you're long gone
Em C
You'll always be there in their hearts and your love light will shine on
G Bm
And someday they'll sit around down at John T's Country Store
Em C
They'll be laughing over stories you told a thousand times before, saying
C G Bm C
They don't make em like you anymore
D G Bm Em C
They don't make em like you anymore

{Chorus}
G
They don't make 'em like they used to
Bm
They don't make 'em like they used to
Em C
They don't make 'em like you anymore

G
They don't make 'em like they used to
Bm
They don't make 'em like they used to
Em C
They don't make 'em like you anymore

{Verse}
G Bm
Well no news is good news, tell me whose news really tells the truth
Em C
The death toll rises high as gas prices shoot straight through the roof
G Bm
Meanwhile politicians preach, while some preachers politic
Em C
Well we need is lots of love, yeah lots of love might do the trick

[Verse]
G Bm
Instead we criticize, we glamorize who's right or wrong, who's left or right
Em C
Missing out on so many beautiful colors fighting over what's black and white
G Bm
We've gotta forgive, gotta learn to live together, make the world a better place
Em C
And just maybe someday somebody somewhere will look back on today
C
Look back on us and say

{Outro}
G
They don't make 'em like they used to
Bm
They don't make 'em like they used to
Em C
They don't make 'em like you anymore