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

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


Intro:
C    C#dim G   E7
A7   D7    G   E7
A7   D7    G

Verse 1:
G
Well, don't be ashamed of your age
A                           A7
Don't let the years get you down
    D7                 G                   E7
The old gang you knew, they still think of you
     A7                      D7
As a rounder in your old hometown
G                           C
Don't mind the gray in your hair
         A7                             D7
Think of all the fun you had puttin' it there
                C
And as for that old book of time
    G               E7
You never skipped a page
   A7        D7             G7
So don't be ashamed of your age
E7       A7         D7            G
Brother, don't be ashamed of your age

Instruemtnal:
C    C#dim G   E7
A7   D7    G   E7
A7   D7    G

Verse 2:
        G
And now listen Mr. Smith and Mr. Brown
      A                    A7
Don't let your age get you down
     D7                   G                E7
Your life ain't begun, until you're forty, son
       A7                             D7
That's when you really start to go to town
    G                          C
And don't wish that you were a lad
                 A7
Why, boy, you've lost more gals
               D7
than they ever had
C                          G          E7
you've graduated from that old sucker stage
   A7        D7             G
So don't be ashamed of your age
E7       A7         D7            G   E7
Brother, don't be ashamed of your age
A7           D7          G
We’re not ashamed of our age