Old Before Your Time Tabbed by: Johan Ambros Tuning: Standard Tuning Intro: G CC/B Am7G D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CWhen (x32010@1)I was a younger man lookin' for my pot of gold G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) Everywhere I turned the doors were closin' G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)Took every ounce of faith I had to keep on keepin' on G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)Still I felt like I was only losin' C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CI (x32010@1)refused then like I do now to let anybody tie me down G (320003@1) DI (xx0232@1)lost a few good friends along the way C (x32010@1) GI (320003@1)was raised up poor and I wanted more CAnd (x32010@1)maybe I'm a little too proud G (320003@1) DLookin' (xx0232@1)back I see a kid who was just afraid C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)Hungry and old before this time C (x32010@1)C/B (x2555x@1)Am7 (x02010@1)G (320003@1) DC G (320003@1)G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CThrough (x32010@1)the years I've known my share of broken hearted fools G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) And those who couldn't choose a path worth taking G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) There's nothin' in the world so sad as talking to a man G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)Never knew his life was his for making C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CAin't (x32010@1)it about time you realize? It's not worth keepin' score G (320003@1) DYou (xx0232@1)win some, you lose some and you let it go C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CWhat's (x32010@1)the use of stacking on every failure another stone G (320003@1) Till you find you've spent your whole life DBuilding (xx0232@1)walls C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GLonely (320003@1)and old before your time C (x32010@1)C/B (x2555x@1)Am7 (x02010@1)G (320003@1) DC G (320003@1)C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) It took so long to see C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) DThat (xx0232@1)truth was all around me G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)Now the wren has gone to roost and the sky is turnin' gold G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)like the sky my soul is also turnin' G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Turnin' from the past, at last and all I've left behind G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DCould (xx0232@1)it be that I am finally learnin'? C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CLearnin' (x32010@1)I'm deserving of love and the peaceful heart G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)I won't tear myself apart no more for tryin' C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CTired (x32010@1)of lyin' to myself, tryin' to buy what can't be bought G (320003@1) DIt's (xx0232@1)not livin' that you're doin' if it feels like dyin C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) Cryin, growin' old before your time C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) Cryin, growin' old before your time G.. G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) C/B (x2555x@1) Am7 (x02010@1) Em (022000@1) There are lots of simple "runs" e---3-(4)--0------2-(2)--0------0------0-------| you can do in this song, but if B---0------1-(1)--3-(3)--1-(1)--1-(1)--0-------| you don't know them allready you G---0------0------2-(1)--0------0------0-------| are probably better off learning D---0------2-(2)--0------x------2-(2)--2-(3)---| them somewhere else than me just A---x------3-(4)---------2-(2)--0------2-(2)---| writing them here.. E---3-(3)--3-(3)-----------------------0-------|