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