Chords Used

           
e|-2----3----0
B|-3----0----2
G|-2----0----0
D|-0----0----2
A|-x----2----0
E|-x----3----x

         
-----2-----0--
-----3-----0--
-----4-----0--
-----4-----2--
-----2-----2--
-----x-----0--

        
---0----0-----
---2----3-----
---2----2-----
---2----2-----
---0----0-----
---x----x-----

       
---2------2---
---2------2---
---2------2---
---4------x<(t
---4------4--w
---2------x---


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alternatively you can play Dmaj7 as (xx0222)

* = Single strum. (when playing G* play only the last four strings (xx0003))


[Intro]

            * * *

[Verse]

             
I've been late

              
ly thinking ab

             
out my life's 

   
time
             
All the things

              
 I've done and

          
 how it's been
             
And I can't he

              
lp believing i

           
n my own mind
             
I know I'm gon

              
na hate to see

    
 it end
             
I've seen a lo

              
t of sunshine,

             
 slept out in 

    
the rain
             
Spent a night 

              
or two all on 

   
my own
             
I've known my 

              
lady's pleasur

             
es, had myself

         
 some friends
             
And spent a ti

              
me or two in m

       
y own home

[Chorus]

             
And I have to 

            
say it now it'

             
s been a good 

            
life all in al

l
             
It's really fi

             
ne to have a c

             
hance to hang 

       
around
             
And lie there 

            
by the fire an

             
d watch the ev

      
ening tire
             
While all my f

              
riends and my 

            
old lady sit a

            
nd pass the pi

          
pe around

             
And talk of po

              
ems and prayer

           
s and promises

             
 and things th

        
at we believe 

in
             
How sweet it i

         
s to love some

             
one, how right

          
 it is to care
             
How long it's 

           
been since yes

            
terday and wha

          
t about tomorr

ow
             
And what about

         
 our dreams an

             
d all the memo

               
ries we share

[Break]

            * * *

[Verse]

             
The days they 

              
pass so quickl

             
y now, nights 

             
are seldom lon

g
             
And time aroun

              
d me whispers 

          
when it's cold
             
The changes so

              
mehow frighten

             
 me, still I h

            
ave to smile
             
It turns me on

              
 to think of g

       
rowing old
             
For though my 

              
life's been go

              
od to me there

             
's still so mu

          
ch to do
             
So many things

              
 my mind has n

     
ever known
             
I'd like to ra

              
ise a family, 

             
I'd like to sa

       
il away
             
And dance acro

              
ss the mountai

          
ns on the moon

[Chorus]

             
And I have to 

            
say it now it'

             
s been a good 

            
life all in al

l
             
It's really fi

             
ne to have a c

             
hance to hang 

      
around
             
And lie there 

            
by the fire an

             
d watch the ev

      
ening tire
             
While all my f

              
riends and my 

            
old lady sit a

            
nd pass the pi

           
pe around

             
And talk of po

              
ems and prayer

           
s and promises

             
 and things th

        
at we believe 

in
             
How sweet it i

         
s to love some

             
one, how right

          
 it is to care
             
How long it's 

           
been since yes

            
terday and wha

        
t about tomorr

ow
             
And what about

         
 our dreams an

             
d all the memo

               
ries we share

[Outro]

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