Key: D major
Intro 1
G
C
D
G
C
D
G
Verse 1
C
Being young got old
D
G
I couldn't wait to grow up
C
When I finally hit eighteen
D
I got out of this tired old town
G
C
D
I didn't get back much
G
As much as mama wanted
C
The few times I did get back
D
It didn't hit me like it is right now
Verse 2
G
The house got small
C
Dad lost his hair
D
The rope swing and
G
the trees aren't there
The neighbor,
C
D
she ain't sweet old Mrs. Jones
G
C
Little sister's not right down the hall
D
Em
Rex ain't around to fetch his ball
C
No need to ride to grand
G
Am
ma's down the road
C
D
Damn old Father Time for
Interlude 1
stealing home
G
C
D
G
Verse 3
C
It didn't take two weeks
D
G
From the time the sign first went up
C
Dad said the folks who bought it
D
Sure do seem to love the place
G
C
Mom called and I came
D
G
To help her load the U- Haul
C
Seems for every box I pack
D
I find another yesterday
Verse 4
G
The house was huge and
C
dad had hair
D
There was a rope swing on
G
the tree right there
C
D
No one baked a pie like Mrs. Jones
G
C
And we grew like weeds on the kitchen wall
D
Em
Rex, he lived to fetch his ball
C
G
And grandma was a bike
Am
ride down the road
C
D
Damn old Father Time for stealing
Interlude 2
home
G
C
D
G
C
D
Verse 5
G
C
Little sister's not right down the hall
D
Em
D
Rex ain't around to fetch his ball
C
No need to ride to
G
Am
grandma's down the road
C
D
Damn old Father Time
G
for stealing home
Outro 1
C
D
G
C
D
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