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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
G
Verse:
G
If you call our names
F C G
We'll come arise and ready and primed
G
Such a sturdy face
F C G
You can tell we're aging by the lines
G
Keep on saying how
F C
That's sort of fine and strange, although
F C
Even if the wind has ceased to blow
F C G G
We won't run and we won't cry
Chorus:
G C G
Look how we stand forever more, when we could
G C G
Staying up and laughing all night, when we could
G C G
Keep on smiling till it's bright, when we could
C G
When we could
C G
When we could
C G
When we could
C G
When we could
G
Verse:
G
You sure called it right
F C G
You said I'd wither and not grow back
G
It's not a fine way to go
F C G
I think we left there with our pride
G
I hate to call out hands
F C
But pardon my way of being slow
F C
Cover me up and let me go
F C G
And make it as thick and as dark as the night
Chorus:
G C G
And we could laugh forever more, when we could
G C G
Tear it up like the dogs at night, when we could
G C G
And we could fight and bury them all, when we could
C G
When we could
C G
When we could
C G
When we could
C G
When we could
C G
When we could
C G
When we could
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Last Updated: April 30, 2021