The Years Are Short chords by Rodney Atkins

Intro

G C G C

Verse
 G
They're gonna wake you up too early
 C
They're gonna lay back down too late
 G
You'll find sleep between the worry
 C
If the paying bills can wait
 G
That's what my ole man told me
 C
When my little man was born
 G
The days are long
 C
Oh, but the years are short

Verse
 G/B
I've seen baseballs fly through windows
 C
Skateboards fly down halls
 G/B
Seen some climbing trees and fences
 C
That makes a mama climb the walls
 G/B
Seen me wishing time away
 C
But I don't wish that anymore
 G/B
The days are long
 C
The years are short

Chorus
 G
And the world turns fast, the clock turns slow
 C                         D
Some "right nows" feel like forever
 G
But they stack up, and they shake out
 C                                D
Like all the names and dates and measures
Am                     Bm             C               Bm
Scribbled here in pencil just inside this pantry door
 Am
The days are long
C                                G  C
Oh, but the years are short.


Verse
 G/B
Yeah, I got one that makes me pray
 C
I got one that makes me cuss
 G/B
Some days we're raising them
 C
But then some days they're raising us
 G/B
We've learned to wave the white flag
 C
Trade some battles for some wars
 G/B
'Cause the days are long
 C
But the years are short

Chorus
 G
And the world turns fast, the clock turns slow
 C                       D
Some "right nows" feel like forever
 G
But they stack up, and they shake out
 C                             D
Like all the names and dates and measures
Am                    Bm              C              Bm
Scribbled here in pencil just inside this pantry door
 Am
The days are long
C   D                          G     C
Oh, but the years are short
 G    D C
The years are short


Bridge
 Am
Then, "When you coming home, Dad "
 Bm
Turns into, "When you coming home, Son "
 C
And you're burning through them front porch
lights
 D
'Cause you're always leaving on one

Chorus
 G
And the world turns fast, the clock turns slow
 C                      D
Some "right nows" feel like forever
 G
But they stack up, and they shake out
 C                         D
Like all the names and dates and measures
Am                 Bm                C                 Bm
Scribbled here in pencil just inside this pantry door
 Am   C
The days are long
 G/B         C
But the years are short, yeah.
 G/B    C
Oh, but the years are short