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[Singing]
GI met an old man one morning, in an all night Dcoffee shop
he looked about as old as time and, Amthe folks around there called him pop
DHe said down Cbeside me and winked one eye and grinned
GSaid he Athought he knew me the Cminute I came in
he said I looked like his son, but said that Bmcouldn't be, you see he Emsaid he died in the sAmummer of 43
DAnd then he got to talking about Gtime and how we waste it and Dhe said
[Talking]
Time goes Gby so quickly we dont AmnoticeD  
Dthe AmDays they Bmcome Cand then Bmthey go
GDay by CDay they Dcome until its Gover
Emand then they Amvanish like the Ddust Gupon the snow
[Talking]
GWell he looked at me as if he wanted to know if I knew what Dhe meant about the dust upon the snow
so I smiled and said i did Ambut I never though about Dtime
I was young Cand had more than that on my mind
Gbesides BmI said CI just stopped in for a quick cup
and im in a hurry because downtown Bma blondes going to keep me upEm  
Emhe looked at me and with a wAmhisper said I Dunderstand,
you see I was Gyoung once, I havent always been an Dold man
Gwe talked until I had my coffe down and I said so long and hurrieAmd off to townD  
Dwell tonight AmI thought I would drop in to that coffee shop
Dbecause I wanted to spend a little more time with old CPop
and then the waitress told me that Amjust 2 weeks
Cago the old man went outside and just Bmkinda fell over in the snow
Emand I remember that Amold man so well
Dits hard to thing he's dead when just two weeks ago Gtoday sat down beside me and said
[Singing]
GTime goes by so quickly we dont Amnotice
Dthe Amdays they Bmcome Cand then Bmthey go
GDay by Cday the cDome untils its Dover
Emand then they Amvanish like the dust upon the Gsnow
yes they Amvanish Dlike the Cdust upon the snowG  

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Dust On The Snow

by Tex Williams

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[Singing]

G D

I met an old man one morning, in an all night coffee shop

he looked about as old as time and, the folks around there called him pop

D C

He said down beside me and winked one eye and grinned

G A C

Said he thought he knew me the minute I came in

Bm Em Am

he said I looked like his son, but said that couldn't be, you see he said he died in the summer of 43

D G D

And then he got to talking about time and how we waste it and he said

[Talking]

G Am D

Time goes by so quickly we dont notice

D Am Bm C Bm

the Days they come and then they go

G C D G

Day by Day they come until its over

Em Am D G

and then they vanish like the dust upon the snow

[Talking]

G D

Well he looked at me as if he wanted to know if I knew what he meant about the dust upon the snow

Am D

so I smiled and said i did but I never though about time

I was young and had more than that on my mind

G Bm C

besides I said I just stopped in for a quick cup

Bm Em

and im in a hurry because downtown a blondes going to keep me up

Em Am D

he looked at me and with a whisper said I understand,

G D

you see I was young once, I havent always been an old man

G Am D

we talked until I had my coffe down and I said so long and hurried off to town

D Am

well tonight I thought I would drop in to that coffee shop

D C

because I wanted to spend a little more time with old Pop

and then the waitress told me that just 2 weeks

C Bm

ago the old man went outside and just kinda fell over in the snow

Em Am

and I remember that old man so well

D G

its hard to thing he's dead when just two weeks ago today sat down beside me and said

[Singing]

G Am

Time goes by so quickly we dont notice

D Am Bm C Bm

the days they come and then they go

G C D D

Day by day the come untils its over

Em Am G

and then they vanish like the dust upon the snow

Am D C G

yes they vanish like the dust upon the snow

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