{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2221481,"song":"The Older I Get","artist":"Alan Jackson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2221481-the-older-i-get-chords-by-alan-jackson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2221481?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":1326,"content":"[Intro]\r\n| [ch]D[/ch] | % | [ch]G[/ch] | % | [ch]A[/ch] | % | [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\ne|---------------2-2----------------3-3----------------0-----------------0--------------2-2-|\r\nB|---------------3-3----------------0-0----------------2-----------------2--------------3-3-|\r\nG|---------------2-2----------------0-0----------------2-----------------2--------------2-2-|\r\nD|--/4-4\\2-2p0---0-0---/4-4\\2-2p-0 -0-0----4/5-5\\4-4\\2-2----4/5-5\\4-4\\2--2--/4-4\\2-2p0--0-0-|\r\nA|----------------------------------2-2----------------0-----------------0------------------|\r\nE|----------------------------------3-3-----------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe older I get[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe more I think[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou only get a minute, better live while you're in it[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause it's gone in a blink[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the older I get[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe truer it is[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's the people you love, not the money and stuff[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat makes you rich[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd if they found a fountain of youth[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI wouldn't drink a drop and that's the truth[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFunny how it feels I'm just getting to my best years yet[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe older I get[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe fewer friends I have[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut you don't need a lot when the ones that you got[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHave always got your back[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the older I get[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe better I am[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAt knowing when to give[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd when to just not give a damn[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd if they found a fountain of youth[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI wouldn't drink a drop and that's the truth[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFunny how it feels I'm just getting to my best years yet[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe older I get[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n| [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] | % |\r\n| [ch]D[/ch] | % | [ch]G[/ch] | % | [ch]A[/ch] | % | [ch]D[/ch] |\r\n\r\nChords of Chorus\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\ne|-10-10-9-7-----------------------------7-7----------------|\r\nB|----------10-7-7--------7-------7-8-10----10-8-10-7-8-7---|\r\nG|----------------9-7-9-7---9-7-7-------------------------9-|\r\nD|----------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|----------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|----------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nChords of Verse\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|-----------------3/5-5/7--7------------8\\7-7\\5--|\r\nG|---------------2------------------------------4-|\r\nD|---2/4-2--0-----------------4/5-4-2-------------|\r\nA|-0-----------0-------------0--------2-----------|\r\nE|------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\ne|----------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|---------------------------------------9/10-8-7-8-7--7----|\r\nG|---------------------------------------------------9--9-7-|\r\nD|-------------------------------7--------------------------|\r\nA|-9/10-9-0-7---9/10-9-0-7---0-9--9-7-5---------------------|\r\nE|----------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n                                                     And I don't\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nmind all the lines[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom all the times I've laughed and cried[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSouvenirs and little signs of the life I've lived[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe older I get[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe longer I pray[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI don't know why, I guess that I[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGot more to say[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the older I get[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe more thankful I feel[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor the life I've had, and all the life I'm living still[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\nN.C.  | [ch]D[/ch] | % | [ch]G[/ch] | % | [ch]A[/ch] | % | [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\ne|---------------2-2---------------3-3------------------0-----------------0-------------2-2-|---------2-|\r\nB|---------------3-3---------------0-0------------------2-----------------2-------------3-3-|---------3-|\r\nG|---------------2-2---------------0-0------------------2-----------------2-------------2-2-|-2/4\\2-0-2-|\r\nD|--\\4-4-\\2-2p-0-0-0--\\4-4-\\2-2p-0-0-0----4/5-5-\\4-4\\2--2----4/5-5-\\4-4\\2-2--\\4-4-\\2-2p-0-0-|---------0-|\r\nA|---------------------------------2-2------------------0-----------------0-----------------|-----------|\r\nE|---------------------------------3-3------------------------------------------------------|-----------|[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n| D | % | G | % | A | % | D | D\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n \n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n| D | A | D | G | D | A | % |\n| D | % | G | % | A | % | D |\n\nChords of Chorus\n\n\n\nChords of Verse\n\n\n\n\n\n                                                     And I don't\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nN.C.  | D | % | G | % | A | % | D | D","chords":["D","G","A","B","E","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}