{"id":10772,"date":"2022-06-22T21:54:27","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T21:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/?p=10772"},"modified":"2026-08-09T23:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T23:34:12","slug":"as-good-as-i-once-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/as-good-as-i-once-was\/","title":{"rendered":"As Good as I Once Was"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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by Toby Keith with the Infamous Third Verse Parody by Robert Andrews<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Key of [D]<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

She said, \u201cI seen you in [G] here before\u201d, [A] I said, \u201cI been here a [D] time or two.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span>She said \u201cHello my name is [G] Bobby Jo, [A] Meet my twin sister [D] Betty Lou.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 And we\u2019re both feelin\u2019 kinda [G] wild tonight, [A] You\u2019re the only cowboy [D] in this place [Bm]\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span>And if you\u2019re up for a [E] rodeo, We \u2018ll put a big Texas [A] smile on your face!\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 I said \u201cGirls\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I ain\u2019t as good as I [G] once was, [A] I got a few years [D] on me now.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 But there was a [G] time, back in my [A] prime <\/span><\/strong>when I could really [D] lay it down,<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 If you need some [G] love tonight, [A] Then I might have [D] just enough [Bm] <\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 I ain\u2019t as good as I [G] once was, but I\u2019m as [A] good once as I [G] ever was [D]<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I still hang out with my [G] best friend Dave. [A] <\/span><\/strong>I\u2019ve known him since we were [D] kids at school.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 Last night he had a few [G] shots, got in a tight [A] spot,\u00a0 Hustlin\u2019 a [D] game of pool w<\/span><\/strong><\/span>ith a couple of [G] redneck boys, [A] and one great big fat [D] biker man [Bm]\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span>I heard David yell [E] across the room, \u201cHey buddy, how \u2019bout a [A] helpin\u2019 hand?\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 I said \u201cDave\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I ain\u2019t as good as I [G] once was, [A] My how the [D] years have flown.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 But there was a [G] time, back in my [A] prime, <\/span><\/strong>when I could really [D] hold my own.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>If you want to [G] fight tonight, [A] g<\/span><\/strong>uess them boys don\u2019t look [D] all that tough [Bm]<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0I ain\u2019t as good as I [G] once was, but I\u2019m as [A] good once as I [G] ever was [D]<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I used to be [C] hell on wheels, [G] Back when I was a [D] younger man<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nNow my body says, [E] \u201cYou can\u2019t do this boy,\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong>But my pride says, \u201cOh [A] yes, you can!!\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Last night I went to the [G] Plaza Club. [A] <\/span><\/strong>There was such a big [D] crowd,<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nBut the music was [G] pretty good, [A] and it wasn\u2019t [D] all that loud<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nSo I grabbed me a [G] chair in back, [A] and I ordered a\u00a0 [D] drink [Bm]<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nand then someone [E] propositioned me, but it\u2019s not what you [A] think.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nI said \u201cHey\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I ain\u2019t as good as I [G] once was, [A] I can still walk but can\u2019t [D] really dance.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 I have a [G] glass of wine, go to [A] bed at nine, not ready [D] for romance,<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 But I\u2019d like you to\u00a0 [G] sit with me, [A] and talk with me and [D] buy you a drink. [Bm]<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 I ain\u2019t as good as I [G] once was, but I\u2019m as [A] good once as I [G] ever was. [D]<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 I\u2019m not be good as I [G] once was, but I\u2019m as [A] good once as I [G] ever was. [D]<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n


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by Toby Keith with the Infamous Third Verse Parody by Robert Andrews Key of [D] She said, \u201cI seen you in [G] here before\u201d, [A] I said, \u201cI been here a [D] time or two.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0She said \u201cHello my name is [G] Bobby Jo, [A] Meet my twin sister [D] … CLICK TO VIEW SONGAs Good as I Once Was<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,201],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-country-western","category-toby-keith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10772"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32805,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10772\/revisions\/32805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}