Chords with lyrics
27 Years
by Quiet Morning & the Calamity
"Son of the Sad Soul" EP - (c) 2014
Intro G+G C majorC G+G C majorC (x2)
Verse
G+G C majorC G+G
Long as I'm alive, I will be my father's son.
C majorC G+G D MajorD
Go from town to town to find my way.
G+G C majorC G+G
Playing this guitar and singing songs about these roads,
C majorC G+G D MajorD
I went down from the time I was a child.
G+G
There was good hearted women.
C majorC G+G
There was sunshine. There was rain.
C majorC G+G D MajorD
The whole world changed around me - I'm the same.
G+G C majorC G+G
Tomorrow is a cloudy shade of all I've done 'til now.
C majorC G+G D MajorD
Drinking all my beer and whiskey 'for I go to lay me down.
Chorus
C majorC G+G
The road will give you pleasure. Oh the road will bring you pain.
D MajorD C majorC G+G
The truth of life gets tested as you go along your way.
C majorC G+G
Days turn quick to night time every hour on the run.
D MajorD C majorC G+G
At 27 years, Lord, give me just another one.
Intro (x2)
Verse
G+G C majorC G+G
Got a little lady back at home who misses me.
C majorC D MajorD
Freckles in her eyes - her lips so soft and sweet.
G+G C majorC G+G
She tells me how she loves me. How she hates to see me go.
C majorC G+G D MajorD
I miss her every hour I am out here on the road.
Intro (x2)
Bridge
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
In the first year, I was learning. In the fifth, I joined a band.
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
In the tenth, I played for Jesus. Four years down, worked for the man.
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
In the fifteenth, was a rock and roller rebel with a dream.
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
Twenty-something's got to give. I've got to do this now for me.
Chorus
Same as intro