• Song:

    My Next Thirty Years

  • Artist:

    Tim McGraw

  • Album:

    Place in the Sun

My Next Thirty Years 
Recorded by Tim McGraw 
Written by Phil Vassar 
Tabbed by Jason Moore

Song recorded in Key of F 
easiest if capo 3 and play in D (as transcribed below) 

Capo 3 

Intro 
D  D2 (xx0230) 

Verse 1 
D 
I think I'll take a moment 
G                D 
to celebrate my age 
    G         D 
the ending of era 
        A 
and the turning of a page 
G               D 
now its time to focus in on 
A       A/A#    Bm 
where I go from here 
D         A           G           DΚΚ D2  D  D2 
Lord have mercy on my next thirty years 
 

Verse 2 
       D 
Hey my next thirty years 
    G               D 
I'm gonna have some fun 
G      D                    A 
Try to forget about all the crazy things I've done 
G            D                A   A/A# Bm 
maybe now I conquered all my adolence fears 
     D           A            G           D 
and I'll do it better in my next thirty years 
 

Chorus 1 
   Bm          A               G              D 
My next thirty years I'm gonna settle all the scores 
G            D     A                 A/A# 
cry a little less, laugh a little more 
Bm              A             G                D 
find a world of happiness without the hate and fear 
Em              D/F#           G 
figure out just what I'm doing here 
      A           D 
In my next thirty years 
 

Guitar/organ solo (use chords to chorus except D/F# remains Em) 

Verse 3
      D  
Oh my next thirty years 
    G              D 
I'm gonna watch my weight
G              D       
eat a few more salads
 A
and not stay up so late
 G              D            A          Bm
drink a little lemonade and not so many beers
 D                    A             G          D          
(chuckle) maybe I'll remember my next thirty years 

Chorus 2 
   Bm          A                 G                D
My next thirty years will be the best years of my life
 G             D          A                  A/A#
raise a little family and hang out with my wife
Bm             A                 G                D 
spend precious moments with the ones that I hold dear
Em          D/F#       G        
make up for lost time here 
       A           D
in my next thirty years 

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