Intro:  D5  A5  G5  D5  (twice) 
 
D5 
The last fifty years have seen laughter and tears 
          A5           G5       D5 
And your hair slowly fade to gray 
                             
Your children are grown now and it's hard to believe how 
    A5                G5           D5 
The years have just all slipped away 
 

    B5                    
But in time, you've gained a wisdom 
      A5                  D5 
That seems to elude the young 
         B5 
And each line that now marks your face 
           A5                          D5 
Tells the stories of all that you've done 
   G5     A5       G5       A5     D5   B5 
So fear not the passing of the days 
          A5                      G5         A5            D5 
Like the song of the violin you only grow sweeter with age  
 

D5  A5  G5   D5 
As time's pages turn you lived and you learned 

What truly mattered most 

Is family and friends and in the end 

Finding peace in the path that you chose 
 
CHORUS 
 
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D5  A5  G5  D5  (twice) 
 

CHORUS 
         A5                      G5          A5            D5 
Like the song of the violin you only grow sweeter with age 

 
D5  A5  G5  D5 (twice) 
 
     D5 
The last fifty years have seen laughter and tears 
         A5            G5       D5 
And your hair slowly fade to gray