Rehearsals For Retirement chords by Tim McMullen
Intro 1
C
Bb
F
C
Bb
F
Verse 1
C
The days grow
G
Bb
F
C
longer for smaller prizes
Bb
F
C
I feel a stranger to all surprises
Dm
G
F
C
You can have them, I don't want them
Em
G
F
I wear a different kind of garment
Am
G
In my rehearsal for retirement
C
Bb
The lights are cold again
F
They dance below me,
C
Bb
F
I turn to old friends
C
Dm
They do not know me
G
F
C
Am
All but the beggar he remembers
C
G
Em
G
F
I put a penny down for payment
Am
Em
G
In my rehearsal for retirement
Am
F
If I'd have known
C
the end would end in laughter
Am
I'd tell my daughter that
G
it doesn't matter
C
Bb
The stage is tainted with
F
C
empty voices
The ladies painted,
Bb
F
C
they have no choices
Dm
G
F
C
I take my colors from the stable
Dm
Em
They lie in tatters
G
F
by the tournament
Am
G
In my rehearsal for retirement
C
Bb
Where are the armies that
F
killed the country
C
Bb
F
C
And turned a strong man into a baby?
Dm
G
C
Now comes the rabble, they are welcome
Am
G
Em
I wait in anger an
G
Dm
F
d amusement
Am
Em
G
In my rehearsal for retirement
F
If I'd have known
C
the end would end in laughter
Am
G
Still, I tell my daughter that
C
it doesn't matter.
Bb
F
Farewell my own true love,
C
farewell my fancy.
Bb
F
Are you still on me, love,
C
though you have failed me?
Dm
G
C
But one last gesture for your pleasure,
Em
G
Em
I'll paint your memory
Dm
on the monument.
F
Am
G
At my rehearsal for retirement
Am
F
If I'd have known
C
the end would end in laughter
Am
G
Still I tell my daughter that
Outro 1
it doesn't matter.
G
C
Bb
F
C
Rehearsals For Retirement
Tim McMullen
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