Lord How'd I Get So Old So Fast chords by Gary Paxton

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Verse 1
G 
F#m 
B 
 (G major) Lord,  (F sharp minor) how'd I get  (B major) to be
Em 
such  (E minor) an  old man
so fast?
D 
C 
And  (D major) oh Lord,  (C major) where'd these
D 
wrinkles come  (D major) from
Am 
D 
G 
F#m 
B 
An (A minor)  (D major) d oh Lord,  (G major)  (F sharp minor) why only yester (B major) day
Em 
I was  (E minor) marching in the high
D 
Em 
D 
school band  (D major)  (E minor)  (D major) 
C 
 (C major) Lord, Lord
D 
 (D major) Why do my kids think I'm
G 
Eb 
Db 
Eb 
 (G major) so dumb  (E flat major)  (D flat major)  (E flat major) 
Ab 
 (A flat major) Lord
Gm 
C 
Fm 
Eb 
Fm 
 (G minor) Now how  (C major) did I get  (F minor)  (E flat major)  (F minor) 
Eb 
Db 
And oh,  (E flat major)  (D flat major) sweet Lord,
Eb 
where do I miss my  (E flat major) mark
Bbm 
Eb 
An (B flat minor)  (E flat major) d   oh,
Ab 
Gm 
C 
Fm 
Eb 
Fm 
 (A flat major) you  (G minor) know  (C major) the stiffness in my  (F minor)  (E flat major)  (F minor) 
Eb 
Db 
 (E flat major) Oh,  (D flat major) how'd I get to soul
Eb 
Have  (E flat major) I been stumblin'
Ab 
E 
D 
E 
in  (A flat major) the dark  (E major)  (D major)  (E major) 
A 
 (A major) Oh Lord
G#m 
C# 
You  (G sharp minor) know all  (C sharp major) I meant
F#m 
to do is have  (F sharp minor) a little
E 
F#m 
That's all,  (E major) that's  (F sharp minor) all,  that's all, boy
E 
D 
And oh,  (E major)  (D major) Lord
E 
Bm 
I guess the years slip right on by  (E major)  (B minor) 
E 
F#m 
E 
A 
And  (E major) oh,  (F sharp minor)  (E major) my sweet  (A major) Lord
G#m 
You know  (G sharp minor) I got a funny feeling
C# 
F#m 
Com (C sharp major) in' all  (F sharp minor) over  me
E 
F#m 
It's a  (E major) new low  (F sharp minor) 
E 
D 
 (E major) An (D major) d  oh Lord
E 
A 
F 
 (E major) All I can think of to do  (A major) is sit and cry  (F major) 
Gm 
F 
Bb 
Oh,  (G minor) oh  (F major) my sweet  (B flat major) Lord
Am 
If I could  (A minor) have a second chance
D 
Gm 
to try  (D major) again  (G minor) 
F 
Gm 
Just one more,  (F major) just one  (G minor) more
F 
Eb 
F 
 (F major) Oh  (E flat major) Lord, I promise, I sure would try to stay more in  (F major) touch with you,
Cm 
F 
Bb 
Am 
yes  (C minor) I   would,  (F major) yes  (B flat major) I    (A minor) 
D 
Gm 
Just  (D major) a little more time, just  (G minor) a little bit,
F 
Gm 
just a little bit more  (F major)  (G minor) 
F 
Eb 
Oh,  (F major) my sweet  (E flat major) Lord
F 
Bb 
Gb 
 (F major) Maybe I can still make my life right  (B flat major)  (G flat major) 
B 
Oh,  (B major) Lord
A#m 
D# 
G#m 
How'd  (A sharp minor) I get to be  (D sharp major) such an  (G sharp minor) old   man,
F# 
G#m 
F# 
E 
F# 
so  (F sharp major) bad,  (G sharp minor) no  (F sharp major) love  (E major)  (F sharp major) 
I guess I lived it all up
B 
B 
E 
and now he's so  (B major) bad  (B major)  (E major) 
B 
Oh,  (B major) oh, oh, oh, oh, oh