Chords with lyrics
https://www.youtube.com/watch v=l7VGGmTJqZs
Chords:
EADGBe
G+G 320033
G/DG/D xx0003
Gsus4Gsus4 xx0013
A* x00000
C majorC x32013
D MajorD xx0232
Dsus4Dsus4 000233
E minorEm 022003
A7A7 x02020
Intro:
G+G A* x4
Verse 1:
G+G D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4
My father died a year ago today.
E minorEm G/DG/D C majorC
The rooster started crowing when they carried Dad away.
G+G E minorEm
There beside my mother, in the living room, I stood,
A7A7 D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4
With my brothers and my sister, knowing Dad was gone for good.
G+G
Well, I stayed at home just long enough,
D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4
To lay him in the ground and then I,
E minorEm G/DG/D C majorC
Caught a plane to do a show up north in Detroit town.
G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC Gsus4/D G+G
Because I'm older now and I've got no time to cry.
Chorus:
G/AG/A G/BG/B C majorC D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4
I've got no time to look back, I've got no time to see,
G+G G/BG/B C majorC
The pieces of my heart that have been ripped away from me.
E minorEm G+G
And if the feelings starts to coming, I've learned to stop 'em fast.
A7A7 A7/B D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4
'Cause I don't know, if I let 'em go, they might not wanna pass.
G+G D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4
And there's just so many people trying to get me on the phone.
E minorEm G/DG/D
And there's bills to pay, and songs to play,
C majorC
And a house to make a home.
G+G D MajorD D/C G/BG/B C majorC Gsus4/D G+G D7D7
I guess I'm older now and I've got no time to cry.
Verse 2:
G+G D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4
I can still remember when I was a girl
E minorEm G/DG/D C majorC
So many things have changed so much here in my world.
G+G E minorEm
I remember sitting on the front yard when an ambulance went by,
A7A7 D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4
And just listening to those sirens I would break down and cry.
G+G
But now I'm walking now I'm talking,
D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4
Doing just what I'm supposed to do.
E minorEm G/DG/D C majorC
Working overtime to make sure that I don't come unglued.
G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC Gsus4/D G+G
I guess I'm older now and I 've got no time to cry.
Chorus:
G/AG/A G/BG/B C majorC D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4
I've got no time to look back, I've got no time to see,
G+G G/BG/B C majorC
The pieces of my heart that have been ripped away from me.
E minorEm G+G
And if the feelings starts to coming, I've learned to stop 'em fast.
A7A7 A7/B D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4
'Cause I don't know, if I let 'em go, they might not wanna pass.
G+G D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4
And there's just so many people trying to get me on the phone.
E minorEm G/DG/D
And there's bills to pay, and songs to play,
C majorC
And a house to make a home.
G+G D MajorD D/C G/BG/B C majorC Gsus4/D G+G D7D7
I guess I'm older now and I've got no time to cry.
Verse 3:
G+G D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4
I sit down on the sofa an' I watch the evening news:
E minorEm G/DG/D C majorC
There's a half a dozen tragedies from which to pick and choose.
G+G G/F# E minorEm
The baby that was missin' was found in a ditch today.
A7A7 A7/B D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4
And there's bombs a'flying and people dying not so far away.
G+G
Now I'll take a beer from the 'fridgerator,
D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4
And go sit out in the yard and with a
E minorEm G/DG/D C majorC
cold one in my hand I'm gonna bite down and swallow hard.
G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC Gsus4/D G+G
Because I'm older now and I've got no time to cry.
Chorus:
G/AG/A G/BG/B C majorC D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4
I've got no time to look back, an' I've got no time to see,
G+G G/BG/B C majorC
The pieces of my heart that have been ripped away from me.
E minorEm G+G
And if the feelings starts to coming, I've learned to stop 'em fast.
A7A7 A7/B D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4
'Cause I don't know, if I let 'em go, they might not wanna pass.
G+G D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4
And there's just so many people trying to get me on the phone.
E minorEm G/DG/D
And there's bills to pay, and songs to play,
C majorC
And a house to make a home.
G+G D MajorD D/C G/BG/B C majorC Gsus4/D
I guess I'm older now and I've got no time to cry.
Outro:
G+G D MajorD D/C G/BG/B C majorC
I guess I'm older now and I just ain't got no time to cry.
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G