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Key: G
Intro:
G Em7 C Am7 D
G Em7 C Am7 D
Verse 1:
G
Everyone asks when you're growing up
Em7
"Who do you wanna be?"
C
I never had an answer, couldn't figure out
D
Why I couldn't see
G
Myself as some future other
Em7
No one's partner, no one's mother
C
No one's answer, no one's lover
D
Nobody but me
Chorus:
C
But the older I get the more I see
G
That more by itself never worked for me
Em7 G
Keeping it simple as it can be
C D
Walking along just him and me
C
Mornings here with a coffee cup
G
Songs in my head, looking up
Em7 G C
If the rain holds off we'll be in luck
D G Em7 C Am7 D
But we're lucky anyway
Verse 2:
G
A long time ago I got married once
Em7
It didn't take long to find
C
That the words I heard coming out of his mouth
D
Were not the truthful kind
G
I thought about moving to LA
Em7
Maybe upstate or the UK
C
Anywhere as long as it's far away
D
From what I left behind
Chorus:
C
And the older I get the more I'm sure
G
That more by itself never was a cure
Em7 G
Some days I've got nothing to show for except
C D
Walking the dog and walking the floor
C
Mornings here with a coffee cup
G
Stories in my head, looking up
Em7 D C
If the rain holds off we'll be in luck
D C
But we're lucky anyway
[Instrumental Break]
G Em7 D C D
C G Em7 D C D G
Verse 3:
G
In summer neighbors leave tomatoes
Em7
In fall dust coats your tires
C
Spring greens up every shadow
Am7 D
In December we lay a fire
G
I figure I'm finally old enough
Em7
To know who I wanna be when I grow up
C
A girl and her dog riding in the truck
D
Wave as we're going by
Chorus:
C
Now the older I get the less I need
G
Just a good old dog underneath the trees
Em7 G
Keeping it simple as it can be
C D
Fitting together like a puzzle piece
G C
Mornings here with a coffee cup
G
Whistling for him while I'm looking up
Em7 G C
If the rain holds off we'll be in luck
D G Em7
But we're lucky anyway
C
We're lucky anyway
Outro:
Am7 D G Em7 C
Am7 D G
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Published: July 28, 2025
Last Updated: February 11, 2026