Kathy Mattea – The Innocent Years (Guitar)

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INTRO: F Am7 F Am7 F Am7 F
          C
I need to go down and wash my face

            F                    Dm7
Deep in the river of my old home place

          Am          G           C            G     C-G
I need to walk in the waters that once gave me life

            C
Go over and walk the old railroad tracks

             F                     Dm7
See if I can follow it all the way back

Am      G        C         F    
Back to where my vision is clear

G                       F
Back to the days of the innocent years

           C
Though I'd trade it all back in

             F                    Dm7
For just one day like it was back then

       Am        G         C                G    C-G
Back before just living my life got in the way

          C
To see my face at sixteen again

                      F                  Dm7
When the boy down the street was my best friend

Am       G           C      F    
When his smile took away my tears

G                       F
Back in the days of the innocent years
CHORUS:
               Am
You might grow wiser every day

              F
But there's a price you have to pay

           Dm7           F
The girl I was just disappeared

  G                      F
I left her behind in the innocent years
INTERLUDE: F Am7 F Am7 F Am7 F
        C
Now and then when the sun goes down

              F                Dm7
I can see the moon over my hometown

      Am     G        C             G   C-G
I can almost hear the train rushing by

           C
I close my eyes and say a prayer

                 F                    Dm7
To the wide eyed girl that I lost somewhere

Am        G          C       F    
Maybe someday she'll find me here

    G                   F
And lead me back to the innocent years
CHORUS:
               Am
You might grow wiser every day

              F
But there's a price you have to pay

           Dm7           F
The girl I was just disappeared

G                      F
Left her behind in the innocent years
CHORUS:
           Am
When I get lost along the way

            F
And I can't see the light of day

      Dm7             F
I can almost feel her near

G                      F
Calling me back to the innocent years, yeah, yeah
OUTRO: F Am7 F Am7
       F   Am7   F   Am7   F   Am7   F   Am7
The innocent years, woah, oh