Old Before Your Time
Ray LamontagneVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
When I was a younger man lookin' for my pot of gold
Everywhere I turned the doors were closin'
Took every ounce of faith I had to keep on keepin' on
Still I felt like I was only losin'
I refused then like I do now to let anybody tie me down
I lost a few good friends along the way
I was raised up poor and I wanted more
And maybe I'm a little too proud
Lookin' back I see a kid who was just afraid
Hungry and old before this time
Through the years I've known my share of broken hearted fools
And those who couldn't choose a path worth taking
There's nothin' in the world so sad as talking to a man
Never knew his life was his for making
Ain't it about time you realize? It's not worth keepin' score
You win some, you lose some and you let it go
What's the use of stacking on every failure another stone
Till you find you've spent your whole life
Building walls
Lonely and old before your time
It took so long to see
That truth was all around me
Now the wren has gone to roost and the sky is turnin' gold
And like the sky my soul is also turnin'
Turnin' from the past, at last and all I've left behind
Could it be that I am finally learnin'?
Learnin' I'm deserving of love and the peaceful heart
I won't tear myself apart no more for tryin'
Tired of lyin' to myself, tryin' to buy what can't be bought
It's not livin' that you're doin' if it feels like dyin
Cryin, growin' old before your time
Cryin, growin' old before your time
There are lots of simple "runs"
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Readable chord sheet for Old Before Your Time by Ray Lamontagne
[G]
[C] [C/B] [Am7] [G] [D]
[C] [G]
[G]When I was a y[C]ounger man l[G]ookin' for my pot of g[C]old
[G]Everywhere I t[C]urned the doors were cl[D]osin'
Took [G]every ounce of f[C]aith I had to k[G]eep on keepin' [C]on
S[G]till I felt like [C]I was only l[D]osin'
I ref[C]used then like I d[G]o now to let anybody tie me d[C]own
I l[G]ost a few good friends along the w[D]ay
I was r[C]aised up poor and I w[G]anted more
And maybe I'm a little too pr[C]oud
L[G]ookin' back I see a kid who was j[D]ust afraid
H[C]ungry and [D]old before this [G]time
[C] [C/B] [Am7] [G] [D]
[C] [G]
Th[G]rough the years I've kn[C]own my share of br[G]oken hearted f[C]ools
And th[G]ose who couldn't ch[C]oose a path wo[D]rth taking
There's n[G]othin' in the w[C]orld so sad as t[G]alking to a m[C]an
N[G]ever knew his l[C]ife was his for m[D]aking
Ain't it [C]about time you r[G]ealize? It's not worth keepin' sc[C]ore
You w[G]in some, you lose some and you [D]let it go
W[C]hat's the use of st[G]acking on every failure another st[C]one
Till you f[G]ind you've spent your whole life
B[D]uilding walls
[C]Lonely and [D]old before your t[G]ime
[C] [C/B] [Am7] [G] [D]
[C] [G]
It t[C]ook so l[Em]ong to see
That tr[C]uth was all ar[Em]ound m[D]e
N[G]ow the wren has g[C]one to roost and the sk[G]y is turnin' [C]gold
And l[G]ike the sky my s[C]oul is also [D]turnin'
T[G]urnin' from the p[C]ast, at last and [G]all I've left b[C]ehind
C[G]ould it be that [C]I am finally l[D]earnin'?
L[C]earnin' I'm des[G]erving of love and the peaceful h[C]eart
I won't [G]tear myself apart no more for tr[D]yin'
Tired of l[C]yin' to mys[G]elf, tryin' to buy what can't be b[C]ought
It's not l[G]ivin' that you're doin' if it feels like d[D]yin
C[C]ryin, growin' [D]old before your[G] time
C[C]ryin, growin' [D]old before your[G] time
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[G] [C] [D] [C/B] [Am7] [Em] There are lots of simple "runs"
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B---0------1-(1)--3-(3)--1-(1)--1-(1)--0-------| you don't know them allready you
G---0------0------2-(1)--0------0------0-------| are probably better off learning
D---0------2-(2)--0------x------2-(2)--2-(3)---| them somewhere else than me just
A---x------3-(4)---------2-(2)--0------2-(2)---| writing them here..
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