Twenty Years Ago chords by Montgomery Gentry
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Intro 1
(D major) (G major) (B minor) (G major) (B minor) (G major) (D major)
(G major) (D major)
Verse 1
I was (D major)
at that smart ass time of my life
(G major) Where id pick a (D major) fight just to (G major) pick a fight
If (D major) he said black, I said white
If he took one side I took the other side
(G major) The dinner table we sat around
Was more like a battleground
And I (D major) lost more times than I won
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Verse 2
I would of learned later on
(B minor) That he was always preaching (G major)
bout his (A major) past (B minor)
I just kept screaming" (G major) Come on,
dad! (A major)
That was twenty years ago
(D major) You don't know me at all! (E minor)
Trying to talk to you (G major) is like
talking to the wall (A major)
Yeah, you gave me (D major) my life,
but its my life to live (E minor)
Maybe I don't wan (D major) na live it like you (G major) did,
(A major) Twenty years (G major) ago"
Verse 3
(D major)
He was (G major) built with blue collar
sweat and blood
Squared jaw and a crew cut
A (D major) purple heart, a Viet Vet.
He'd tell you every chance he'd get
Always (G major) running down my rock n' roll,
My friends, my hair, my clothes.
But (D major) one night it got out of control
And right there we came to blows
And (B minor) that was just enough (G major) to get me gone (A major)
(B minor) I couldn't wait (G major) to prove
him wrong! (A major)
Verse 4
Twenty years ago (D major)
Struck out on my (E minor) own
Couldn't tell me noth (G major) ing
That I didn't already know (A major)
Later I was on my way (D major)
To what the hell did (E minor) I care
My old man and his gray (D major) hair
Thought about the road I chose (G major)
(A major) Twenty years ago
Verse 5
(E minor) "Well (B minor) (E minor) (B minor)
(E minor) I left as fast
as the leaves fell that autumn
(B minor) I never looked back and I
never once called him
(E minor) But every time I talked to momma
I wondered if he was (B minor) there,or if
he even cared
I figured (E minor) I walked out of him and the
course of our love had run (B minor)
Momma said 'no,no, you listen to (G major) me son, (E minor)
hes a stubborn man and he won't give in.
He be (B minor) lieves what he believes,
(G major) well you're just (D major) like him'
Well (C major) I could tell by her voice there
was something wrong
She broke down,
and said he ain't got long
So I caught the next plane home,
Thought about all the years gone
Had my pride that I let so much time go by
(G major) I ran up those stairs and stood
by his bed (A minor)
And I cried"
Verse 6
Twenty years ago (D major)
Thought I knew it all (E minor)
But trying to talk (G major) to me
Was like talking to a wall (A major)
I (D major) thought I was a man
Acting like I did (E minor)
But all I want right now (D major)
Is just to be your kid (G major) (E minor)
Just before my dad (D major) gave up the ghost
(G major) He (E minor) took my hand and said (D major) "son let it go, (G major)
(A major) that was twenty years ago" (G major)
Twenty years ago
Twenty Years Ago
Montgomery Gentry
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