A D Old ways G D sure is hard to change ʼem A D come what may G D itʼs hard to teach a dinosaur a new trick G A lately Iʼve been findinʼ out D G Iʼm set in my ways D A D Old ways can be a ball and chain Well Iʼm gonna stop that grass and give up all this drinkinʼ really gonna make my life last clean up my whole way of livinʼ up until the party last night I was a different man But old ways got the way againEconomy was gettinʼ so bad I had to lay myself off but workinʼ was a habit I had so I kept showinʼ up anyway Then one day things turned around I got my back pay Old ways coming through againI got old ways I got old ways Old ways I got old ways