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Borrowed Time

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Aminor

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[Intro]
Am G C C
Am Am G C
[Verse]
AmWaitin’ at a stop sign, a Gschool bus Fpasses Cby
Yeah that Amwasn’t long ago, that was Gme Fhitchin’ a Cride
And AmI lost Gtrack of many FyesterCdays,
the Fway it felt to be that Cage
The Fpeople, the faces, they all change
Ain’t it Gfunny how it slips away
[Chorus]
Yeah we’re Amall down here just a Flivin’ on borrowed Ctime
Can’t Ampush a button and Fjust hit reCwindG  
From the Amday we’re born ‘til the Fday that sun don’t Cshine
Yeah we’re Amall down here just Flivin’ on borrowed Ctime
[Instrumental]
Am G C C
Am Am G C
[Verse]
I doAmn’t wanna Glive life wFith reCgret
Yeah Amthere’ll be misGtakes I Fhaven’t made Cyet
And if Amyou don’t Gclimb then Fyou can’t Cfall
And Fmoney sure don’t Cbuy it all
And the Fonly thing I know
Is Gyou can’t take it with you when you go
[Chorus]
Yeah we’re Amall down here just a Flivin’ on borrowed Ctime
Can’t Ampush a button and Fjust hit reCwindG  
From the Amday we’re born ‘til the Fday that sun don’t Cshine
Yeah we’re Amall down here just Flivin’ on borrowed Ctime
[Instrumental]
C Am C
[Bridge]
So just keep Flivin’ it
Cause Fmthere’s never enough
Of Clivin’ and Glearnin’ and Flovin'
Am G F G
[Chorus]
Yeah we’re Amall down here just a Flivin’ on borrowed CtimFeC  
Can’t Ampush a button and Fjust hit reCwindG  
From the Amday we’re born ‘til we’rFe standin’ in the jCudgment liFne
Yeah we’re Amall down here just Flivin’ on borrowed Ctime
Yeah we’re Amall down here just Flivin’ on borrowed Amtime
[Outro]
Am G C C
Am Am G C

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Borrowed Time

by Jon Pardi

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

Am G C C

Am Am G C

[Verse]

Am G F C

Waitin’ at a stop sign, a school bus passes by

Am G F C

Yeah that wasn’t long ago, that was me hitchin’ a ride

Am G F C

And I lost track of many yesterdays,

F C

the way it felt to be that age

The people, the faces, they all change

Ain’t it funny how it slips away

[Chorus]

Am F C

Yeah we’re all down here just a livin’ on borrowed time

Am F C G

Can’t push a button and just hit rewind

Am F C

From the day we’re born ‘til the day that sun don’t shine

Am F C

Yeah we’re all down here just livin’ on borrowed time

[Instrumental]

Am G C C

Am Am G C

[Verse]

Am G F C

I don’t wanna live life with regret

Am G F C

Yeah there’ll be mistakes I haven’t made yet

Am G F C

And if you don’t climb then you can’t fall

F C

And money sure don’t buy it all

And the only thing I know

Is you can’t take it with you when you go

[Chorus]

Am F C

Yeah we’re all down here just a livin’ on borrowed time

Am F C G

Can’t push a button and just hit rewind

Am F C

From the day we’re born ‘til the day that sun don’t shine

Am F C

Yeah we’re all down here just livin’ on borrowed time

[Instrumental]

C Am C

[Bridge]

So just keep livin’ it

Cause there’s never enough

C G F

Of livin’ and learnin’ and lovin'

Am G F G

[Chorus]

Am F C F C

Yeah we’re all down here just a livin’ on borrowed time

Am F C G

Can’t push a button and just hit rewind

Am F C F

From the day we’re born ‘til we’re standin’ in the judgment line

Am F C

Yeah we’re all down here just livin’ on borrowed time

Am F Am

Yeah we’re all down here just livin’ on borrowed time

[Outro]

Am G C C

Am Am G C

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