Old Hippie — Bellamy Brothers
Chords and lyrics for Old Hippie by Bellamy Brothers (key of G).
Verse 1
Old Hippie - The Bellamy Brothers
Verse 1
[G]He turned thirty-five last Sunday,
[C]in his hair he found some [G]gray
But he still ain't changed his lifestyle,
he likes it better the old [D]way
So he [C]grows a little garden
in the back [G]yard by the fence
He's [C]consuming what he's growing
[G]nowadays in self defense[D]
He gets [G]out there in the twilight zone
[C]Sometimes when it just don't make [G]no sense
Verse 2
[G]He gets off on country music,
[C] 'cause disco left him [G]cold
And he's got young friends into new wave,
but he's just too friggin' [D]old
And he [C]dreams at night of Woodstock
and the [G]day John Lennon died
How the [C]music made him happy,
and the [G]silence made him [D]cry
Yeah, he [G]thinks of John sometimes
and he [C]has to wonder [G]why
Chorus
'Cause he's an [C]old hippie
and he [G]don't know what to do
Should he [D]hang on to the old
Should he [G]grab on to the new
He's an [C]old hippie
This new [G]life is just a bust
He ain't [D]trying to change nobody
He's just [C]trying real [D]hard to [G]adjust
Verse 3
[G]He was sure back in the sixties
[C]that everyone was [G]hip
Then they sent him off to Vietnam
on his senior [D]trip
And they [C]forced him to become a man
while [G]he was still a boy
And behind [C]each wave of tragedy
he [G]waited for the [D]joy
Now this [G]world may change around him,
[C]but he just can't change no [G]more
Chorus
'Cause he's an [C]old hippie
and he [G]don't know what to do
Should he [D]hang on to the old
Should he [G]grab on to the new
He's an [C]old hippie
This new [G]life is just a bust
He ain't [D]trying to change nobody
He's just [C]trying real [D]hard to [G]adjust
Verse 4
[G]Well, he stays away a lot now
[C]from the parties and the [G]clubs
And he's thinking while he's joggin' 'round
sure is glad he quit the hard [D]drugs
'Cause [C]him and his kind get more [G]endangered every day
[C]and pretty soon the species
will just [G]up and fade [D]away
Like the [G]smoke from that torpedo
just [C]up and fade [G]away
Chorus
Yeah, he's an [C]old hippie
and he [G]don't know what to do
Should he [D]hang on to the old
Should he [G]grab on to the new
He's an [C]old hippie
This new [G]life is just a bust
He ain't [D]trying to change nobody
He's just [C]trying real [D]hard to [G]adjust
Yeah, he ain't [D]trying to change nobody
He's just [C]trying real [D]hard to [G]adjust
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