[Verse]
D G D
Antiquated nation
G D
Age lines etched into your face
G D
A rusty belt around your waist
A
That's seen its thicker days
D G D
Dilapidated city
G D
You lie, laughing in your heap
G D
From crumbling buildings and buckling streets
A
At the South Dakota way
[Chorus]
G D
You grow older, we grow younger
G D
You sleep soundly in your tomb
G D
We'll neither pay you no attention
A
Nor the things that you assume
G D
Your weary spirits' all that's left there
A D G
We still pioneer the plains
A
Stay in your hometown ghosttown
I'll do the same
[Verse]
D G D
Abdicated nation
G D
All that's left of your gold throne
G D
Are empty streets and rotting bones
A
We just plug away
D G D
We'll keep these trails ablazing
G D
You'll try snuffing out the flame
G D
But we will never be ashamed
A
Of the South Dakota way
[Chorus]
G D
You grow older, we grow younger
G D
You sleep soundly in your tomb
G D
We'll neither pay you no attention
A
Nor the things that you assume
G D
Your weary spirits' all that's left there
A D G
We still pioneer the plains
A
Stay in your hometown ghosttown
I'll do the same