Years chords by Beth Nielsen Chapman

Intro
G  C  D

Verse
G
I went home for christmas
       D
to the house that I grew up in
 G                              D
going back was something after all these years
  G
I drove down monterey street
    D
and felt a little sadness
        Em                             C
when I turned left on laurel and the house appeared
         D
and I snuck up to that rocking chair
            C               G               D
where the winter sunlight slanted on the screened-in porch
        Am
and I stared out past the shade tree
          C                            Em             D
that my laughing daddy planted on the day that I was born

           Em  D  G  C   D
And I let time go by so slow
           Em  D  G  C   D
and I made every moment last
                     C
and I thought about years
                  D
how they take so long
                G
and they go so fast

Verse
G                                       D
Across the street the randol's oldest daughter must have come home
     G                                 D
her two boys built a snowman by the backyard swings
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I thought of old man randol and his christmas decorations
    Em                                 C
and how he used to leave them up till early spring
        D
And I thought of all the summers
        C                     G               D
that I paced that porch and swore i'd die of boredom there
        Am                             C
and I thought of what i'd give to feel another summer linger
         Em               D
where a day feels like a year


           Em  D  G  C   D
And I let time go by so slow
           Em  D  G  C   D
and I made every moment last
                     C
and I thought about years
                  D
how they take so long
                G
and they go so fast


Instrumental

G  G  C  D

Verse
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Then the door flew open, and my mother's voice was laughing
        G                           D
as she called back to my daddy, "come look who's here"

                     C        C
and I thought about years