Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age chords by John Prine

Chords with lyrics

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


Intro:
C majorC  C#dimC#dim G+G  E7E7
A7A7  D7D7  G+G  E7E7
A7A7  D7D7  G+G

Verse 1:
G+G
Well, don't be ashamed of your age
A augmentedA              A7A7
Don't let the years get you down
  D7D7         G+G          E7E7
The old gang you knew, they still think of you
   A7A7           D7D7
As a rounder in your old hometown
G+G              C majorC
Don't mind the gray in your hair
     A7A7               D7D7
Think of all the fun you had puttin' it there
        C majorC
And as for that old book of time
  G+G        E7E7
You never skipped a page
  A7A7    D7D7       G7G7
So don't be ashamed of your age
E7E7    A7A7     D7D7      G+G
Brother, don't be ashamed of your age

Instruemtnal:
C majorC  C#dimC#dim G+G  E7E7
A7A7  D7D7  G+G  E7E7
A7A7  D7D7  G+G

Verse 2:
    G+G
And now listen Mr. Smith and Mr. Brown
   A augmentedA          A7A7
Don't let your age get you down
   D7D7          G+G        E7E7
Your life ain't begun, until you're forty, son
    A7A7               D7D7
That's when you really start to go to town
  G+G             C majorC
And don't wish that you were a lad
         A7A7
Why, boy, you've lost more gals
        D7D7
than they ever had
C majorC             G+G     E7E7
you've graduated from that old sucker stage
  A7A7    D7D7       G+G
So don't be ashamed of your age
E7E7    A7A7     D7D7      G+G  E7E7
Brother, don't be ashamed of your age
A7A7      D7D7     G+G
We’re not ashamed of our age