Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
D MajorD A minorAm C majorC G+G x2
D MajorD A minorAm
My old man he works five hours
C majorC G+G
When most ?: open their eyes
D MajorD A minorAm
His knees are givin' out
C majorC G+G
But he ?: sweats out, he survives
D MajorD A minorAm
My mama worked at a nursing home
C majorC G+G
She told me what they say
D MajorD A minorAm
As they died they whispered
C majorC G+G
Not to give one day away
D MajorD A minorAm
My grandpa was amazin'
C majorC G+G
He ?: at his home
D MajorD A minorAm
He told me to cicadas sang him songs
D MajorD G+G
When he was wild and young
D MajorD A minorAm
All these years are hurrying by
C majorC G+G
Keep taking too damn long
D MajorD A minorAm
Soon enough you'll hear the sound
C majorC G+G
Of sound of cicadas singin' their song
D MajorD A minorAm C majorC G+G D MajorD A minorAm C majorC G+G
Singin' oooooh, oooooh, oooooh, oooooh
D MajorD A minorAm C majorC G+G
Often times I think of him like a choir from back home
D MajorD A minorAm C majorC G+G
Distance has an awful way to make a boy feel alonе
D MajorD A minorAm
I'll send him letters and stamp thеm twice
C majorC G+G
To make sure that they send
D MajorD A minorAm
You send me sounds of that old place
C majorC G+G
And the cicadas in the wind
D MajorD A minorAm C majorC G+G D MajorD A minorAm C majorC G+G
Singin oooooh, oooooh, oooooh, oooooh
D MajorD A minorAm C majorC G+G
Me and all my buddies ran those hills till they turn black
D MajorD A minorAm C majorC G+G
Remembering a ?: smile and then a baseball cap
D MajorD A minorAm
We lost him with his front
C majorC G+G
?: wrapped around the tree
D MajorD A minorAm C majorC G+G
Not a day goes by that I don't wish that boy was me
D MajorD A minorAm C majorC G+G
Singin oooooh, oooooh
D MajorD A minorAm C majorC G+G
Singin oooooh, oooooh
D MajorD A minorAm C majorC G+G
Those cicadas singin as we all bring our sorry asses home
D MajorD A minorAm
The middle of the spring as the moonlight rings
C majorC G+G
Youll never be alone
D MajorD A minorAm C majorC G+G
Those cicadas singin as we all bring our sorry asses home
D MajorD A minorAm
In the middle of the spring as the moonlight rings
C majorC G+G
Youll never be alone
D MajorD A minorAm C majorC G+G D MajorD A minorAm C majorC G+G
Singin oooooh, oooooh, oooooh, oooooh