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Twenty Years Ago chords by Montgomery Gentry

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Chord diagramG+G

Difficulty: Intermediate

G=(3 2 x x 3 3)
D=(x x 0 2 3 2)
Bm=(x 2 4 4 3 2)
A=(x 0 2 2 2 0)
Em7/B=(x 2 2 x 3 3)
D/F#=(2 x x x 3 3)
Cadd9=(x 3 2 x 3 3)
Csus2=(x 3 x x 3 3)
G/B=(x 2 x x 3 3)
Em7=(x x 2 x 3 3)
Twenty Years Ago

Intro:
Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramD MajorD

Verse 1:
            Chord diagramG+G
 Well, I was at that smart-ass time of my life,

 When I’d pick a fight just to pick a fight
   Chord diagramD MajorD
 If he said black, I said white, if he took one side I took the other side
Chord diagramG+G
 The dinner table we sat around, was more like a battleground
      Chord diagramD MajorD
 And I lost more times than I won, I woulda learned later on
Chord diagramB minorBm                 Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramA augmentedA
 That he was always preachin’ ‘bout his past
Chord diagramB minorBm          Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramA augmentedA
 I just kept screamin’ “Come on, Dad!”

Chorus 1:
                       Chord diagramD MajorD                        Chord diagramEm7/BEm7/B
 That was twenty years ago, you don’t know me at all!
                  Chord diagramG+G                          Chord diagramA augmentedA
 Tryin’ to talk to you is like talkin’ to the wall
                     Chord diagramD MajorD                         Chord diagramEm7/BEm7/B
 Yeah, you gave me my life, but it’s my life to live
              Chord diagramD/F#D/F#                   Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramA augmentedA             Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramD MajorD
 Maybe I don’t wanna live it like you did, Twenty years ago

Verse 2:
       Chord diagramG+G
 He was built with blue collar sweat and blood, square jaw and a crew cut
Chord diagramD MajorD
 Chord diagramA augmentedA purple heart, a Viet Vet, he'd tell you every chance he'd get
       Chord diagramG+G
 Always runnin’ down my rock n' roll, my friends, my hair, my clothes
Chord diagramD MajorD
 One night it all got out of control, and right there we came to blows
Chord diagramB minorBm                Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramB minorBm         Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramA augmentedA
 And that was just enough to get me gone, I couldn't wait to prove him wrong!

Chorus 2:
              Chord diagramD MajorD                    Chord diagramEm7/BEm7/B
 Twenty years ago, I struck out on my own
                 Chord diagramG+G                         Chord diagramA augmentedA
 Couldn't tell me nothin’, I didn’t already know
                  Chord diagramD MajorD                      Chord diagramEm7/BEm7/B
 Yeah, I was on my way, what the hell did I care
                         Chord diagramD/F#D/F#
 About my old man and his gray hair
                         Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramEm7/BEm7/B   Chord diagramB minorBm Chord diagramEm7/BEm7/B Chord diagramB minorBm
 Thought about the road I chose, twenty years ago

Bridge 1:
Chord diagramEm7/BEm7/B
 Well I left as fast as the leaves fell that autumn
Chord diagramB minorBm                                               Chord diagramEm7/BEm7/B
 I never looked back and I never once called him, but every time I talked to Momma
                     Chord diagramB minorBm
 I wondered if he was there, or if he even cared
            Chord diagramEm7/BEm7/B
 I figured I walked out on him and the course of our love had run
Chord diagramB minorBm
 Momma said 'no, no, you listen to me son,
Chord diagramEm7/BEm7/B
 He’s a stubborn man and he won't give in.
   Chord diagramB minorBm
 He believes what he believes, well you’re just like him'

Bridge 2:
Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9                         Chord diagramCsus2Csus2                     Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9
 Well I could tell by her voice that there was something wrong
                                           Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9
 She broke down, and said he ain’t got long
                                Chord diagramCsus2Csus2 Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9
 So I caught the next plane home,       thought about all the years gone
Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9                Chord diagramCsus2Csus2
 How my pride had let so much time go by
Chord diagramG/BG/B                                        Chord diagramE minor 7Em7
 I ran up those stairs and stood by his bed and I cried

Chorus 3:
              Chord diagramD MajorD                       Chord diagramEm7/BEm7/B
 Twenty years ago, I thought I knew it all
                      Chord diagramG+G                           Chord diagramA augmentedA
 But tryin’ to talk to me, was like talkin’ to the wall
                  Chord diagramD MajorD                  Chord diagramEm7/BEm7/B
 I thought I was a man, actin’ like I did
                     Chord diagramD/F#D/F#                    Chord diagramG+G
 But all I want right now, is just to be your kid

Outro:
Chord diagramEm7/BEm7/B          Chord diagramD/F#D/F#            Chord diagramG+G
 Just before my dad gave up the ghost
   Chord diagramEm7/BEm7/B            Chord diagramD/F#D/F#             Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramA augmentedA                         Chord diagramG+G
 He took my hand and said "son let it go”, that was twenty years ago
Chord diagramG+G
 Twenty years ago

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