🎸 Intro: F F -1p----------|-0-------|-0-------| B -----3-1-----|---1-----|---1-----| G ---------0---|-----0---|-----0---| D -------------|---------|---------| A -----------3-|-------3-|-------3-| E -------------|---------|---------| 🎸 Verse: F B/G Fm Life is short and it sure flies by C Even yesterday's gone away F B/G One day you're learning what's wrong from right Fm F The next you're well on your way
🎸 Pre-Chorus: C Fm C No, I don't claim to know the secret F B To staying young and full of life Fm C But the Good Lord knows the old (????) F B B It helps to think what life was like 🎸 Chorus: F B/G When I was twelve in El Dorado Fm C Fireworks lit up the sky F B Runnin' free that first tornadoes Fm C Wild and restless in the night F B Oh that mesa the Rector High School Fm C Men at night felt more alive F B Fm Oh I hope I'll always remember what it's like C Through a child's eyes 🎸 Instrumental: F B Fm C Verse] F B/G Fm Do you remember what days were like C Before the world became a scary place F B/G Some lose their faith and some lose their sight Fm C Of what really matters anyway 🎸 Pre-Chorus: Fm C No, I don't claim to know the secret F B To keep our candles burning bright Fm C But I sure hope the old (????) F B Fm I don't forget what life was like 🎸 Chorus: F When I was twelve in El Dorado Fm F Fireflies lit up the sky C F B/G Where my sweet sixteen that I couldn't wait for Fm C I got those keys and took a dri-ive F B Yeah that first summer playing sotball Fm C What I'd give to Go back in time F B Fm Oh I hope I'll always rememebr what it's like C F F Bm Through a child's eyeees 🎸 Break: F B B C Gettin' roped takes its toll F Yeah in my mind I know that Bm Fm B I can always go 🎸 Chorus: F B Fm C To when I was twelve in El Dorado F B Fm C I was twelve in El Dorado F B When I was twelve in El Dorado Fm C Up in fields of butterflies F B Or with my daddy watching baseball Fm C In that dome built to the sky 🎸 Chorus: F B Yeah that mesa, Rector High School Fm C Before we spread our wings to fly F B Fm Oh I hope I'll always rememeber what it's like C F B Fm Through a child's eyeees C F B Fm C Through a child's eyeees
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