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Listen to the song before so you can hear the rhythm in the different parts.
Capo:4 
Hole song:  G   Am   C  G  
“And maybe it takes…” play:  Am   Am  G  
Hello, how are you? I’m getting older and I need someone to talk to.
Do you think it’s strange? That we get older every day.
I don’t even know what I’m doing here when the clock ticks away.
Yes I’m afraid, that I won’t find my way. Don’t want to end up on an old man who wishes he’d done differently.
No way, oh tell me it’s not to late.  Surely there is someone in this world who might relate to me.
I said another year has passed. And there is hair growing on my chest, 
things are moving so fast, everybody is getting older.
Another year has passed. All those memories locked inside my head but it’s sad,
cause I’ll never see the again no.
And maybe it takes, just a little bit more time to realize that you’re living now.
And my body, my body will change.
But that’s okaj, cause women say, that men get beautiful with age.
well I pray, that I can keep up with society.
Unlike all those old folks today, they don’t understand technology.
But that’s okay, I’m not gonna be that way.
Sitting in my own build house, right next to the beautiful sea.
I’ll be happy, yes I’ll be happy as hell.
A smiling old man with a couple of stories to tell.
Another year has passed. And there is hair growing on my chest, 
things are moving so fast, everybody is getting older.
Another year has passed. All those memories locked inside my head but it’s sad,
cause I’ll never see the again no.
And maybe it takes, just a little bit more time to realize that you’re living now.
So talking to you I kind of realized, that it’s not so bad getting old and wise. 
I guess that’s our main quality in life, being able to die.
And time, oh time. Gives ut the power ande drive to live our dreams right.
Can you hear it tick, can you hear it tick? Oh you better start having some fun, better do it quick.
I said tick tack says the clock, I said said tick tack says the clock.
I said tick tack says the clock, I said said tick tack says the clock.
I said tick tack says the clock, I said said tick tack says the clock.
I said tick tack says the clock, I said said tick tack says the clock.
Come on
I said tick tack says the clock, I said said tick tack says the clock.
I said tick tack says the clock, I said said tick tack says the clock.
I said tick tack says the clock, I said said tick tack says the clock.
I said tick tack says the clock, I said said tick tack says the clock.
Come on I said that
another year has passed. And there is hair growing on my chest, 
things are moving so fast, everybody is getting older.
Another year has passed. All those memories locked inside my head but it’s sad,
cause I’ll never see the again no.
And maybe it takes, just a little bit more time to realize that you’re living now.
And maybe it takes, just a little bit more time to realize that you’re living now.

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The Years

by Jack and the Weatherman

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Listen to the song before so you can hear the rhythm in the different parts.

Capo:4

G Am C G

Hole song:

Am Am G

“And maybe it takes…” play:

Hello, how are you? I’m getting older and I need someone to talk to.

Do you think it’s strange? That we get older every day.

I don’t even know what I’m doing here when the clock ticks away.

Yes I’m afraid, that I won’t find my way. Don’t want to end up on an old man who wishes he’d done differently.

No way, oh tell me it’s not to late. Surely there is someone in this world who might relate to me.

I said another year has passed. And there is hair growing on my chest,

things are moving so fast, everybody is getting older.

Another year has passed. All those memories locked inside my head but it’s sad,

cause I’ll never see the again no.

And maybe it takes, just a little bit more time to realize that you’re living now.

And my body, my body will change.

But that’s okaj, cause women say, that men get beautiful with age.

well I pray, that I can keep up with society.

Unlike all those old folks today, they don’t understand technology.

But that’s okay, I’m not gonna be that way.

Sitting in my own build house, right next to the beautiful sea.

I’ll be happy, yes I’ll be happy as hell.

A smiling old man with a couple of stories to tell.

Another year has passed. And there is hair growing on my chest,

things are moving so fast, everybody is getting older.

Another year has passed. All those memories locked inside my head but it’s sad,

cause I’ll never see the again no.

And maybe it takes, just a little bit more time to realize that you’re living now.

So talking to you I kind of realized, that it’s not so bad getting old and wise.

I guess that’s our main quality in life, being able to die.

And time, oh time. Gives ut the power ande drive to live our dreams right.

Can you hear it tick, can you hear it tick? Oh you better start having some fun, better do it quick.

I said tick tack says the clock, I said said tick tack says the clock.

Come on

I said tick tack says the clock, I said said tick tack says the clock.

Come on I said that

another year has passed. And there is hair growing on my chest,

things are moving so fast, everybody is getting older.

Another year has passed. All those memories locked inside my head but it’s sad,

cause I’ll never see the again no.

And maybe it takes, just a little bit more time to realize that you’re living now.

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