27 Years Chords by Bob Wayne

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_ There [C] was something [D] in the sermon [Am] on the mount, _ _ [C] something [D] that I think he [Am]
said,
If I [C] could just subdue [D] my carnal [Am]
lust, _ _ [C] before I let the darkness [Am]
in,
_ [C] And the foolish [D] man will lose [Am] his house, _ [C] yeah foolish [D] men starve [Am] to death,
_ And all these things I can't forget, _ _ _ [G] as I [C] let the light [Am] back in.
_ _ [C] Soon [D] I [Am] _
_ _ _ [C] went [D] for a fire [Am] in the house, can't believe that I forgot myself,
_ [C] Now I'm twenty-seven years [Am]
behind.
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_ _ Can't believe that I forgot myself, and [C] now I'm twenty-seven years [Am] behind.
_ _ [C] A child [G] made a crown [Am] of thorns, _ [C] from roses [A] and some old wood sticks,
They _ say that this is what he wore, _ [G] they say he didn't [Am] raise a fist,
_ [C] Well it must have [A] been a sacred time, _ [C] that day upon the old [A] mountain,
_ _ [C] When he gave hope [A] to the sick [Am] and poor, _ [G] yeah he told them how they're supposed [Am] to live.
_ _ [C] Soon [A] _ I'll be waiting, _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [C] can't believe [G] that I forgot [Am]
myself,
_ [G] Now I'm twenty [C]-seven [Am] years behind, _ [G] said I'm twenty [C]-seven [Am] years behind. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [C] Can't believe [D] that I forgot [Am] myself, and [G] now I'm twenty [C]-seven [Am] years behind,
_ [C] Said I'm twenty-seven [Am] years behind.
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