Ray LaMontagne – Old Before Your Time (Ukulele)

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When I was a younger man lookin' for my pot of gold

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Everywhere I turned the doors were closin'

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Took every ounce of faith I had to keep on keepin' on

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Still I felt like I was only losin'

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I refused then like I do now to let anybody tie me down

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I lost a few good friends along the way

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I was raised up poor and I wanted more

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And maybe I'm a little too proud

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Lookin' back I see a kid who was just afraid 

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Hungry and old before this time

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Through the years I've known my share of broken hearted fools

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And those who couldn't choose a path worth taking

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There's nothin' in the world so sad as talking to a man

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Never knew his life was his for making

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Ain't it about time you realize? It's not worth keepin' score

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You win some, you lose some and you let it go

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What's the use of stacking on every failure another stone

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Till you find you've spent your whole life

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Building walls 

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Lonely and old before your time

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It took so long to see

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That truth was all around me

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Now the wren has gone to roost and the sky is turnin' gold

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And like the sky my soul is also turnin'

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Turnin' from the past, at last and all I've left behind

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Could it be that I am finally learnin'?

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Learnin' I'm deserving of love and the peaceful heart

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I won't tear myself apart no more for tryin'

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Tired of lyin' to myself, tryin' to buy what can't be bought

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It's not livin' that you're doin' if it feels like dyin

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Cryin, growin' old before your time

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Cryin, growin' old before your time 

    F      F      G      F/E    Dm7    Am              There are lots of simple "runs"  
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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.. 
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