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-