The Statler Brothers – Ive Never Lived This Long Before (Guitar)

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     G                      C 
I've met all my heroes and shook all the hands

   G      D        G
Of all I wanted to meet

     G                         C 
I've kissed all the women that once were the girls

  G             D               G 
I dreamed about falling to sleep

     D                          G 
I've looked up the bullies from grade and high school

    Em                      D D7
And gave them a piece of my mind

     G                       C          G
I've even looked up some old teachers I had

                   D        G
And 'pologized for being unkind

     G                     C          G
I've talked to my mama and told her I knew

         G    D          G
I hadn't done all that I could

         G                        C 
She just smiled and kissed me and said after all

         G                D              G
You know prayers answered late are still good

    D                        G 
And daddy there's things I'd love to tell you

        Em            D  D7
But you died 25 years ago

           G                   C          G
'Cause just now I'm learnin' a few of the things

              D                G
I thought for years you didn't know

            D                        G
And there's nothing I've done that I wish I've done less

              Em                  D  D7
But there's a few I wish I'd done more

        G                       C              G
And the thing I find hardest to believe is I'm here

            D            D7       G
'Cause I've never lived this long before

   G                      C          G
I find myself readin' the Bible more now than I did

    D         G
Say ten years ago

      G                      C               G
And I find myself lookin' at young girls and thinkin'

       G           D           G
That's somebody's daughter you know

    D                           G
And what does it mean when they call me Mister

        Em                   D  D7
And say things I don't comprehend

       G                       C 
And to tell you the truth more often to me

      G           D           G
Their mama's look better than them

            G                          C         G
But there's one call I haven't brought myself to make

    G            D        G
One mem'ry that I can't erase

     G                           C          G
I've still got the pictures that I can talk to

        G          D         G
But I'm not up to go face to face

     D                    G 
But maybe she's happy and Lord I hope so

              Em                       D  D7
And maybe her kids have kids of their own

       G                     C             G
But to me she'll always be a dance in the spring

       G          D         G
And a mem'ry I can't leave alone

 D                        G
And there's nothing I've done that I wish I've done less

              Em                  D  D7
But there's a few I wish I'd done more

        G                       C              G
And the thing I find hardest to believe is I'm here

            D            D7       G
'Cause I've never lived this long before

   G                   C           G
So now that my life is laid out in order

   G        D        G
I guess I'm ready to go

     G                        C          G
I'll find me a shade tree and build me a cabin

    G         D         G
And watch the daffodils grow

    D                     G 
But wait just a minute if you'll excuse me

       Em                    D  D7
I just saw someone I used to know

         G                      C           G
And I'll come back tomorrow and finish this chorus

G        D     G
Da da da   

  D                        G
And there's nothing I've done that I wish I've done less

              Em                  D  D7
But there's a few I wish I'd done more

        G                       C              G
And the thing I find hardest to believe is I'm here

            D            D7       G
'Cause I've never lived this long before

     G           D         G
I've never lived this long before