Golden Years chords by Willie Mack

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
G Em F C D

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

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

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

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

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

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