They Don't Make Em Like That Anymore ukulele

They Don't Make Em Like That Anymore

• D

(Capo on 3)

Intro.:  |(D)  |(Bm/D)(A/D)| x 2

 (D)He still combs his hair like Elvis, pays cash for everything
(G) And he'll only drive a Chevy (Em)and thinks Alan (A)Jackson's king
(D) He knows everyone by name at the local (F#)hardware (G)store
They don't (Em)make 'em like (A)that anymore (D)

(D) Up with the sun each mornin', hardly missed a day of work
(G) Summer 1957, (Em) he helped build that (A)Lutheran church
(D) Believes a man should work all week but save Sunday (F#)for the (G)Lord
They don't (Em)make 'em like (A)that anymore (D)

(Chorus)
Standin' (G) shoulder to shoulder with him (A)now, I still feel small
And (D)I'm still lookin' (F#m/C#)up to him (Bm)like he's ten feet (A)tall
(G) There's somethin' about that generation, (A) these days I think we need 'em
(D) More than we (F#m/C#)ever did before,
(Bm) (A) but they don't (G)make 'Em like (A)that anymore (D)

(D) He married his sweet Mary June 1955
(G) He goes on and on about her, her (Em)casseroles, her (A)clear blue eyes
(D) He still helps her with her coat, still opens (F#)her car (G)door
They don't (Em)make 'em like (A)that anymore (D)

(Chorus)
Standin' (G) shoulder to shoulder with him (A)now, I still feel small
And (D)I'm still lookin' (F#m/C#)up to him (Bm)like he's ten feet (A)tall
(G) There's somethin' about that generation, (A) these days I think we need 'em
(D) More than we (F#m/C#)ever did before,
(Bm) (A) but they don't (G)make 'em like (A)that anymore

Inst.:  |(D)(C#)|(Bm)(A)|(G)  |(A)  |

(Chorus)
(G) There's somethin' about that generation, (A) these days I think we need 'em
(D) More than we (F#m/C#)ever did before, (Bm) (A) yeah, that's for (Em)sure
But they don't (G)make 'em like (A)that anymore (D)

(D) He still combs his hair like Elvis, pays cash for (G)everything (D)

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