Minutes To Memories
Ton : GEnglish
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Couplet
DOn a Greyhound C(add9)thirty miles beyond GJamestown
DHe saw the sunset on the C(add9)Tennessee Gline
DHe looked at the young man who was C(add9)riding beside Ghim
DHe said I'm old kind of C(add9)worn out Ginside
Couplet
DI worked my whole life in the C(add9)steel mills near GGary
DAnd my father before me I C(add9)helped build this Gland
DNow I'm seventy-seven and with C(add9)God as my Gwitness
DI earned every dollar that C(add9)passed through my Ghands
Pré-refrain
AMy family and friends are the Gbest things I've known
AThrough the eye of the needle GI'll carry them home
Refrain
DDays turn to minutes and C(add9)minutes to memories G
DLife sweeps away the dreams that C(add9)we have planned G
DYou are young and C(add9)you are the Gfuture
ASo suck it up and tough it out and be the best you can
Couplet
DThe rain hit the old dog in the C(add9)twilight's last Ggleaming
DHe said Son it sounds like C(add9)rattling old Gbones
DThis highway is long but I know C(add9)some that are longer G
DBy sunup tomorrow I C(add9)guess I'll be Ghome
Couplet
DThrough the hills of Kentucky 'cross C(add9)the Ohio river G
DThe old man C(add9)kept talking 'bout his Glife and his times
DHe fell asleep C(add9)with his head against Gthe window
DHe said an C(add9)honest man's pillow is his Gpeace of mind
Pré-refrain
AThis world offers riches and Griches will grow wings
I Adon't take stock in those Guncertain things
Refrain
DDays turn to minutes and C(add9)minutes to Gmemories
DLife sweeps away the dreams that C(add9)we have Gplanned
DYou are young and C(add9)you are the future G
DSo suck it up and tough it out and C(add9)be the best you Gcan
Couplet
DThe old man had a vision but it was C(add9)hard for me to follow G
DI do things my way and C(add9)I pay a high Gprice
DWhen I think back on the C(add9)old man and the bus Gride
DNow that I'm older I C(add9)can see he was Gright
Pont
AAnother hot one out on Ghighway eleven
AThis is my life It's what I've Gchosen to do
AThere's no free rides Gno one said it'd be easy
AThe old man told me this my son GI'm telling it to you
Refrain
DDays turn to minutes and C(add9)minutes to Gmemories
DLife sweeps away the dreams that C(add9)we have Gplanned
DYou are young and C(add9)you are the Gfuture
DSo suck it up and tough it out C(add9)and be the best you can G
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