Old Before Your Time

G          G
C    C/B   Am7   C/G
D          D
C          G

[Verse 1]

G            C           G                    C
When I was a younger man lookin' for a pot of gold
G            C                     D
Everywhere I turned the doors were closin'
     G              C              G               C
Took every ounce of faith I had to keep on keepin' on
    G                 C          D
And still I felt like I was only losin'

[Chorus]

    C                 G                            C
I refused then like I do now to let anybody tie me down
  G                                 D
I lost a few good friends along the way
      C                    G                                      C
I was raised up poor and I wanted more and maybe I'm a little too proud
G                                D
Lookin' back I see a kid who was just afraid
C                 D              G
Hungry        and old before his time

[Instrumental]

C    C/B   Am7   C/G
D          D
C          G

[Verse 2]

G                      C                 G              C
Through the years I've known my share of broken-hearted fools
    G                  C                   D
And those who couldn't choose a path worth taking

        G              C               G            C
There's nothin' in the world so sad as talking to a man
    G              C                D
Who never knew his life was his for makin’

[Chorus]

         C              G                              C
Ain't it about time you realize it's not worth keepin' score?
    G                                D
You win some, you lose some, and you let it go
C                 G                                 C
What's the use of stackin’ on every failure another stone
         G                                 D
Till you find you've spent your whole life building walls
C                 D               G
Lonely        and old before your time?

[Instrumental]

C    C/B   Am7   C/G
D          D
C          G

[Bridge]

   C          Em
It took so lo-ng to see
     C              Em       D       (STOP)
That truth was all around    me

[Verse 3]

G                C                     G              C
Now the wren has gone to roost and the sky is turnin' gold
    G               C            D
And like the sky my soul is also turnin'
G                C                  G               C
Turnin' from the past, at last, and all I've left behind
G                C            D
Could it be that I am finally learnin'?

[Chorus]

C              G                                C
Learnin' I'm deserving of love and the peaceful heart

        G                             D
I won't tear myself apart no more for tryin'
         C          G                                 C
Tired of lyin' to myself, tryin' to buy what can't be bought
         G                                         D
It's not livin' that you're doin' if it feels like dyin’
C               D               G
Cryin’, growin' old before your time
C               D               G    G
Cryin’, growin' old before your time


[Intro lick] (played fast)

Guitar 1 (banjo run)
                  G


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B|------------1---0----| 
G|---------------------| 
D|---------------------| 
A|---------------------| 
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Guitar 2
                G
E|---------------------| 
B|--3/1p0--------------| 
G|--4/2p0-------0------| 
D|--------2p0----------| 
A|------------2--------| 
E|----------------3----| 

[Instrumental]


   G                C    C/B   Am7  C/G  D
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D|-------------------------------------------0--| 
A|------------0---2---3-----2-----0-------------| 
E|--------------------------------------3-------| 

   D                 C            G
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B|----------------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------0----------------| 
D|-------------------------0h2------------------| 
A|------------0---2---3-------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------3----------| 

• Am7
• C
• C/B
• C/G
• D
• Em
• G