Chords with lyrics
Intro:
D MajorD 
Cadd9Cadd9 
G+G
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
Verse 1:
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
On a Greyhound thirty miles beyond Jamestown
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
He saw the sunset on the Tennessee line
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
He looked at the young man who was riding beside him
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
He said I'm old kind of worn out inside
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
I worked my whole life in the steel mills near Gary
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
And my father before me I helped build this land
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
Now I'm seventy-seven and with God as my witness
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I earned every dollar that passed through my hands
A augmentedA G+G
My family and friends are the best things I've known
A augmentedA G+G
Through the eye of the needle, I'll carry them home
Chorus:
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
Days turn to minutes and minutes to memories
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
Life sweeps away the dreams that we have planned
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
You are young and you are the future
A augmentedA
So suck it up and tough it out and be the best you can
Verse 2:
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
The rain hit the old dog in the twilight's last gleaming
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
He said Son it sounds like rattling old bones
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
This highway is long but I know some that are longer
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
By sunup tomorrow I guess I'll be home
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
Through the hills of Kentucky 'cross the Ohio river
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
The old man kept talking 'bout his life and his times
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
He fell asleep with his head against the window
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
He said an honest man's pillow is his peace of mind
A augmentedA G+G
This world offers riches and riches will grow wings
A augmentedA G+G
I don't take stock in those uncertain things
Chorus:
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
Days turn to minutes and minutes to memories
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
Life sweeps away the dreams that we have planned
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
You are young and you are the future
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
So suck it up and tough it out and be the best you can
Verse 3:
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
The old man had a vision but it was hard for me to follow
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
I do things my way and I pay a high price
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
When I think back on the old man and the bus ride
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
Now that I'm older I can see he was right
Bridge:
A augmentedA G+G
Another hot one out on highway eleven
A augmentedA G+G
This is my life It's what I've chosen to do
A augmentedA G+G
There's no free rides, no one said it'd be easy
A augmentedA G+G
The old man told me this my son I'm telling it to you
Chorus:
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
Days turn to minutes and minutes to memories
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
Life sweeps away the dreams that we have planned
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
You are young and you are the future
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
So suck it up and tough it out and be the best you can
Outro:
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
Other versions of Minutes To Memories Acoustic
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Minutes to memories by John Mellencamp
