Before The Streets Were Paved chords by Peter Rowan

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

{Verse 1}
 G+G            C majorC           G+G
Oh Grandfather tell me how it was when you were young
G+G                 D MajorD          G+G
Was the world so very old when your life had just begun?
  C majorC                     G+G
Oh Grandfather tell me is it true you worked the land
G+G                D MajorD         G+G
And the tools that you used you made with your own hands

{Chorus}
 C majorC                        G+G
Before time was only money and machines made man a slave
 G+G              D MajorD            G+G
Was the world all milk and honey before all the streets were paved?

{Verse 2}
 G+G               C majorC           G+G
Grandson, I'll tell you truly how it was when I was young
 G+G                D MajorD           G+G
The world was full of wonder in my first days under the sun
 C majorC                         G+G
Before time was only money and machines made man a slave
 G+G               D MajorD            G+G
The world was milk and honey before all the streets were paved

{Verse3}
 A augmentedA             D MajorD        A augmentedA
Now Grandson remember in the days that are to come
 A augmentedA                E MajorE         A augmentedA
One thing I will tell you before my life on earth is done
 D MajorD                            A augmentedA
Don't let time be only money, don't let machines make you a slave
 A augmentedA              E MajorE            G+G
And taste the milk and honey before all the streets are paved

{Chorus}
 D MajorD                        A augmentedA
Before time was only money and machines made man a slave
 A augmentedA              E MajorE             A augmentedA
The world was milk and honey before all the streets were paved

{Outro) Slow
 A augmentedA
Yeah there's more to time than money
 D MajorD               A augmentedA
There's more to treasure than to save
 A augmentedA
Now taste the milk and honey
 E MajorE            A augmentedA
Before all the streets are paved


 E MajorE       D7D7     A augmentedA
Before all the streets are paved


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