Get up and go (mech) chords by
Tom Paxton
Tom Paxton
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Key: G major•
Verse 1
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How do I know my youth is all spent?
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My get up and go just got up and went.
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But in spite of it all
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C

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I'm able to grin
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G

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and think of the places
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my get up has been.
Old age is golden,
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so I've heard said.
But sometimes I wonder
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as I crawl into bed.
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With my ears in a drawer,
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my teeth in a cup
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My eyes on the table until I wake up
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As sleep dims my vision, I say to myself
Is there anything else
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C

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I should put on the shelves?
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But donations are warring
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and business is vexed
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I'll still stick around to see
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what happens next
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How do I know my youth is all spent?
G
G

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C

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My get -up -and -go just got up and went
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F

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C

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But in spite of it all, I'm able to grin
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G

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And think of the places my
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C

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get -up has been
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When I was younger, my slippers were red
I could kick up my heels
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right over my head
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When I was older, my slippers were blue
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But still I could dance the
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whole night through
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Now I am older, my slippers are black
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C

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I huff to the store, and I puff my way back
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But never you laugh, I don't mind at all
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I'd rather be huffing than I puff at all
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And how do I know my youth is all spent?
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My gallop and go just got up and went
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But in spite of it all, I'm able to grin
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And think of the places my get -up
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G
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C
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has been
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I get up each morning
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and dust off my wits
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Open the paper and read the old bits
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If I'm not in there, I know I'm not dead
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So I eat a good breakfast
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and go back to bed
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And how do I know my youth is all spent?
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My get -up -and -go just got up and went
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But in spite of it all, I'm able to grin
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And think of the places my
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get -up has been
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How do I know my youth is all spent
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C
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My get -up -and -go just got up and went
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But in spite of it all
C
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I'm able to grin
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And think of the places my get
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