Jimmie Rodgers – Years Ago (Guitar)

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[Intro]
| G | C |
(yodel)
[Verse 1]
             F
I was happy, oh so happy

C                  G7
Down in Mississipi way

C            F
I was livin' with my pappy

C       G           C
Fifteen years ago today
[Verse 2]
                 F
When I left him, in the gloamin'

C                    G7
I recall I heard him say

C                F
You'll be sorry, that you roamin'

C       G           C
Fifteen years ago today
[Break]
| G | C |
(yodel)
[Verse 3]
                 F
I met a slicker, from the city

C                    G7
And he led my life astray

C                 F
How he fooled me, was a pity

C       G           C
Fifteen years ago today
[Verse 4]
                 F
He said I could; make a fortune

C                    G7
If I did as he would say

C             F/C
But we ended, up in prison

C       G           C
Fifteen years ago today
[Break]
| G | C | G C |
(yodel)
[Verse 5]
                F
Now I'm sittin' by my own son

C                    G7
For my errors I must pay

C         F
I recall; I wasn't lonesome

C       G           C
Fifteen years ago today
[Outro]
| G | C |
(yodel)