When You're Twenty-One chords by Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash
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Intro 1
(D major) (A major) (D major)
Verse 1
It was (D major) Christmas (A major) Eve
(Esus4) the night (D major) your poor Ma died, (G major)
And I reckoned she prayed all of her life
that she could (D major) raise you to be 21
And then you never (A major) moved into town,
boy, we just kept on living out here (D major)
Oh, and life's (A major) been good (D minor) and (D major) bad, son,
for (G major) the past twenty -one years.
Oh, (A major) I remember now when
you were a little fella,
and I used to take my boy (D major) to church.
And when (G major) you sang (D major) the Christmas carols
(A major) with the other boys,
oh, it gave Daddy's heart (D major) a jerk.
Why, you sounded (F major) a lot (D major) like a (G major) little angel,
boy, and a (D major) papa you sure looked sweet, (A major)
even though your little ragged britches
came halfway to (D major) your
skinny little (A major) knees. (G major)
Oh, and it made your papa proud, boy,
and it filled my (A major) old heart (D major)
with joy. (A major)
Preacher'd step down and
he'd pat your head
(D major) and he'd say,
My, my, got yourself a fine little boy.
(G major) Well, maybe my life down here's about over,
boy. (D major)
Maybe my days on earth's
about done. (A major)
Maybe now I'll see your mama
live with the Lord, (D major) boy.
Merry Christmas to you an (G major) d
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a happy birthday, son.
(G major) (D major) (A major)
When You're Twenty-One
Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash
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