Tonart: C major
Verse 1
D
E
Am
Em
F
When you are as old as I, my dear
Dm
Am
And I hope that you never are
Esus4
Am
Em
You will woefully wonder why,
Dm
G
Em
Through your cataracts and ca tarrh
Am
F
G
C
You could squander away or sequester
F
G
Em
A drop of a precious year
Am
F
C
For when your best days are yester
D
Dm
G
The rest'er twice as dear
C
What good is a field on a
F
G
When you sit all alone with the weeds?
Bb
Bbm
Bb
with each juicy bite
F
G
You spit out your teeth with the seeds?
Am
Em
Am
Em
Before it's too late stop trying to wait
Am
G
F
For fortune and fame you're secure of
C
F
C
Dm
Em
G
For there's one thing to be sure of,
Dm
F
G
There's nothing to be sure of!
A
C#m
A
D
E
Oh, it's time to start livin'
A
C#m
A
Time to take a little from this
D
E
world we're given
A
Bm
Time to take time,
C#m
D
C#sus4
C#
'cause spring will turn to fall
Bm
D
A
D
In just no time at all
A
D
A
Esus4
A
G
C
Bb
I've never wondered if I was afraid
F
G
When there was a challenge to take
C
I never thought about how
F
G
When there was still one piece of cake
Am
Em
Am
Maybe it's meant the hours I've spent
Em
Am
G
F
C
Feeling broken and bent and unwell
F
C
Dm
But there's still no cure
Am
Dm
As the chance to raise
Verse 2
Everybody
A
C#m
A
D
E
Oh, it's time to start livin'
A
C#m
Time to take a little from this
D
E
world we're given
A
Bm
Time to take time,
C#m
D
C#sus4
C#
'cause spring will turn to fall
D
A
In just no time at all
G
C
Dm
Em
Am
Now when the dreariest do attack
F
G
And a siege of the sads begins
C
Db
Ebm
I just throw these noble
Fm
Bbm
shoulders back
D
Gsus4
F
G
And lift these noble chin s
C
Bb
Give me a man who is hand
some and strong
F
G
Someone who's stalwart and steady
F
Dm
G
And give me a month to get ready
Am
Em
Now I could waylay
Am
Em
some aging roue
Am
And persuade him to play
G
F
C
in some cranny
F
C
Dm
But it's hard to believe
Em
G
Am
I'm being led astray
Dm
F
Dm
Gsus4
G
By a man who calls me granny
Verse 3
A
C#m
A
D
E
Oh, it's time to start livin'
A
C#m
Time to take a little from this
D
E
world we're given
A
Bm
Time to take time,
C#m
D
C#sus4
C#
'cause spring will turn to fall
Bm
D
A
In just no time at all
Oh, it's time to start livin'
Time to take a little from this world
we're given
Time to take time, 'cause
F
spring will turn to fall
C
Dm
Em
Am
Sages tweet that age is sweet
F
G
Good deeds and good work
C
F
earns you laurels
Dm
Db
But what could make you
Ebm
Fm
feel more obsolete
Bbm
D
G
Than being noted for your morals?
C
Bb
Here is a secret I never have told
F
G
Maybe you'll understand why
C
Bb
I believe if I refuse to grow old
F
G
I can stay young till I die
Am
Em
Now, I've known the fears
Am
Em
of sixty- six years
Am
I've had troubles and
G
F
C
tears by the score
F
C
Dm
Em
F
G
Am
But the only thing I'd trade them for
Dm
F
G
Is sixty seven more
A
C#m
D
E
Oh, it's time to keep livin'
A
C#m
Time to keep takin' from
D
E
this world we're given
A
Bm
You are my time,
C#m
D
C#sus4
C#
so I'll throw off my shawl
Bm
C#m
And watching your flings
D
E
C#m
be flung all over
F#
Makes me feel young all over
Verse 4
Bm
C#m
D
E
In just no time at all
Outro 1
A
D
Ebdim
A
D
A
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