Passing Of The Years chords by Ray Walsh And Family Band

• Tuning: Standard tuning
• Capo on 3rd
• Difficulty: Beginner

SONG:  PASSING OF THE YEARS
ARTIST: RAY WALSH & FAMILY BAND
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/qoyaH1e5CDI
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM


         PASSING OF THE YEARS
        RAY WALSH & FAMILY BAND

CAPO: 3rd FRET

INTRO:
A Asus4 A Asus2
A Asus4 A Asus2

VERSE:
 A         C#m
The ocean wears the rocks into sand,
 D        A
Seasons change upon the land,
 A       C#m
Once a boy but now a man,
  D         E
I look back on the years

A         C#m
I think of all my family who
 D        A
Came and went before I knew,
F#m           C#m
  They had dreams just like I do,
    D          E
How I wish I`d known them all.


PRE-CHORUS:
     D
And the songs we sing,
     E
And the tunes we play,
   A   E   F#m
Have echoed out before,
  D           E
On moonlit nights or on stormy seas,
    F#m        A
On the land or far from shore


CHORUS:
    D         E
As my fingers play these notes,
     A    E    F#m
And the memories draw the tears,
  Bm   C#m   Bm D
I think of all my family
     E        A
And the passing of the years.

A Asus4 A Asus2
A Asus4 A Asus2


VERSE:
 A        C#m
Somewhere in the years gone by,
  D         A
My parents they were girl and boy,
 A          C#m
Together they would laugh and cry,
     D          E
As they journeyed on through life

   A        C#m
But time goes by and hair turns gray,
 D        A
Children grow and move away,
F#m         C#m
 Young I wish they both could stay,
   D        E
But that could never be.


PRE-CHORUS:
   D          E
And all the things I`ve learned from them
  A   E   F#m
I never will forget,
   D          E
The times that they were proud of me,
     F#m        A
And the times they were upset


CHORUS:
    D         E
As my fingers play these notes,
     A    E    F#m
And the memories draw the tears,
  Bm   C#m   Bm D
I think of all my family
     E        A A
And the passing of the years.


INSTRUMENTAL:
A D A E A F#m A A


VERSE:
A           C#m
My grandparents were special, too,
   D         A
They sang old songs that no one knew,
 A            C#m
They`d always smile when they saw you,
 D          E
Growing before their eyes

 A        C#m
But grandparents disappear,
  D       A
I miss them more every year,
F#m      C#m
  Sometimes I shed a tear,
  D        E
To see them once again.


PRE-CHORUS:
     D        E
And the hands that once held us
    A    E    F#m
On the days that we were born,
   D         E
Have since become all weathered,
D     A
Aged, and worn


CHORUS:
    D         E
As my fingers play these notes,
     A    E    F#m
And the memories draw the tears,
  Bm   C#m   Bm D
I think of all my family
     E        A  A
And the passing of the years.


INSTRUMENTAL:
A C#m D A F#m A C#m E
A C#m D A F#m A E A A A A


VERSE:
 A    C#m           D
Now as I sit and dream where my life is going
   A
And where it`s been,
  A        C#m
I picture all the sites I`ve seen
     D        E
And the people that I`ve met

   A        C#m
And sometimes when I start to cry,
  D          A
My mind drifts back to days gone by,
F#m        C#m
There is no simple answer
   D        E
Why time goes by so fast.


PRE-CHORUS:
     D
And the songs we sing,
     E
And the tunes we play,
   A   E   F#m
Have echoed out before,
  D           E
On moonlit nights or on stormy seas,
    F#m        A
On the land or far from shore


CHORUS:
    D         E
As my fingers play these notes,
     A    E    F#m
And the memories draw the tears,
  Bm   C#m   Bm D
I think of all my family
     E        A F#m
And the passing of the yeeeears.


OUTRO:
  Bm       D
I think of all my family
     E        A
And the passing of the years.

         A
E ---------------0-
B -3-2-----------2-
G -----2/4\2-----2-
D -----------4-2-2-
A ---------------0-
E ---------------x-