OLD BEFORE MY TIME Tuning:standard intro: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------| -----0---- 0---------0------0---0------0-----1~----------0------------------| --- 2--0---2---------2--0---2---2--2---2------0~----------0------------------| --0------0---------0-------0---2------2-------2~---0-1----2------------------| ----------------------------------------------3~--3-------2------------------| -3-------------1------------- 0---------------------------0------------------| Em D C There is a long hard Road that winds so far behind me, G Am C Its so cold Im about to die, Em Chasing a dream around the world D C Has got me feeling down G F C Though it use to make me high Am D Am Em Looking for answers searching for the truth, C B/G Am In an ocean of lies. D G Am Em trying to find a reason to make the whole thing rhyme, C D G will make you old before your time Em When I was younger, D C I thought I ruled the world , G Am C It was an oyster at my feet, Em Dancing to my own drum, D C fishing out the pearl G F C wish I could have been much more discreet Am D Ive lived a lifetime, Am Em acting out a part, C B/G Am Its been a long uphill climb, D G Am Em now all the things that use to mean so much to me C D G Have made me old before my time, Chorus: C G F#/G Wondering aimlessly,wondering aloud, Em C D could it ever be much different now, C Remind me of the past, G F#/G I slip into a dream, Em C D funny things aint never what they seem, Solo: same as verse Em Living like children, D C never doing what we are told , G Am C Would not hesitate to take a chance, Em D C That Road behind me now was paved with fools gold, G F C Its almost time for the victory dance, Am D No more feeling guilty, Am Em for things I never did, C B/G Am feeling nothing for my crime , D G Living like a gypsy , Am Em dreaming like a kid, C D G Has made me old before my time There is a long hard Road, it lies so far behind me
