Golden Years chords by Willie Mack

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
G+G E minorEm FF C majorC D MajorD

Verse 1:
    G+G           E minorEm
Sunday afternoon in a corner booth
  FF
My son was squirming in his high chair
  C majorC          D MajorD
My daughter had mashed potatoes in her hair
         G+G         E minorEm
When a sweet old man with wrinkled hands
FF
Said, What beautiful babies you have,
C majorC             D MajorD
Just had to come over and tell you that
C majorC            D MajorD
These right here are the golden years

Chorus:
  G+G                  D MajorD
The first steps when they stumble, first words that they mumble
FF              C majorC        D MajorD
First ball that they fumble, and they try to hide the tears
  G+G         D MajorD
Her Cinderella palace, the bike he learns to balance
FF             C majorC         D MajorD   G+G   E minorEm FF C majorC D MajorD
Take a look around, yeah, right now are the golden years

Verse 2:
          G+G         E minorEm
He said, You're gonna blink, and he'll be seventeen
  FF
He'll have a hot date, wanna borrow your keys
  C majorC          D MajorD
And growing one of those crazy goatees
        G+G            E minorEm
And daddy's little girl, with pretty blonde curls
    FF
Will be wearing mascara and talkin' on the phone
  C majorC           D MajorD
And all the little boys won't leave her alone
  C majorC          D MajorD
And you'll look back here, these golden years

Chorus:
  G+G                  D MajorD
The first steps when they stumble, first words that they mumble
FF              C majorC        D MajorD
First ball that they fumble, and they try to hide the tears
  G+G         D MajorD
Her Cinderella palace, the bike he learns to balance
FF             C majorC       D MajorD     G+G   D MajorD FF C majorC D MajorD
Take a look around, yeah, right now are the golden years

Bridge:
  C majorC             G+G
So take too many pictures and don''''t forget to laugh
C majorC                D MajorD
Right now you don''''t know it but someday you''''ll look back at

Chorus:
  G+G                  D MajorD
The first steps when they stumble, first words that they mumble
FF              C majorC        D MajorD
First ball that they fumble, and they try to hide the tears
  G+G         D MajorD
Her Cinderella palace, the bike he learns to balance
FF             C majorC       D MajorD     G+G   E minorEm FF C majorC D MajorD G+G
Take a look around, yeah, right now are the golden years