before the streets were paved chords by Peter Rowan

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Verse 1
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 (G major)  (D major)  (G major) Oh,
Grandfather,
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tell me how it  (C major) was when you were  (G major) young
Was the world so very old when your
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 (D major) life had just be (G major) gun?
Oh,
Grandfather, tell me,
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is it  (C major) true you worked the  (G major) land
And the tools that you used you
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 (D major) made with your own  (G major) hands
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Before time  (C major) was only money and
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machines  (G major) made man a slave
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Was the world all milk and honey before all  (D major) 
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the streets were  (G major) paved
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Verse 2
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The grandson I'll tell you truly
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How it  (C major) was when I was  (G major) young
The world was full of wonder
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In my  (D major) first days under the  (G major) sun
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Before time  (C major) was only money
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And machines  (G major) made man a slave
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The world was milk and honey before all  (D major) 
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the streets were  (G major) paved  (C major)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (G major) 
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Now  (A major) grandson remember in the
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 (D major) days that are to  (A major) come
One thing I will tell you before my
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 (E major) life on earth is  (A major) done
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Don't let  (D major) time be only money, don't
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let ma (A major) chines make you a slave
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Taste the milk and honey before all  (E major) 
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the streets are  (A major) paved
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Yeah, there's  (D major) more to time than money
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More to  (A major) treasure than to save
Taste the milk and honey
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Be (E major) fore all the streets are
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paved  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) 
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