Chords for Burl Ives & Johnny Cash - The Years Creap Slowly By

[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] Of course, there was nothing [Eb] funny about war.
There were sad [Bbm] minutes. _
[Dbm] But it must have been a [Ab] mighty pretty girl that [Cm] they wrote a [Ab] song about.
[Ebm] The Yanks used to sing it down in [Db] Georgia, and people like my people, or maybe some of my own people,
picked it up and carried [Gbm] it home with them.
And [Gb] I'm sure glad such a pretty thing was handed down [C] to me.
[Db] Well, Johnny, you sing it very well, and I tell you right now, you've done a wonderful thing for this country.
You're [Ab] a very positive [Db] and wonderful influence, and it's a great [Bbm] pleasure for me to be on this show.
I love it. _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ The _ years creep slowly by, [Gb] _ _ _ _ Lorena. _ _
[Abm] Snow [Ab] _ is on the [Db] grass again. _ _ _ _
The sun is sinking, lo, [Gb] _ _ _ _ Lorena. _ _
[Ab] _ _ Cross is where the flowers [Db] have been. _ _ _ _
The _ _ music's sad and low, [Gb] _ _ _ _ Lorena.
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[Ab] _ _ Happy sounds have left [Db] the _ day. _ _ _
The _ banjo softly played, [Gb] _ _ _ Lorena. _ _
[Abm] Where [Ab] once they rang so loud [Db] and gay.
_ _ [Bb] _ I _
[Ebm] _ [Eb] _ hardly feel the [Ab] cold, _ _ Lorena. _ _
[Bb] I pray _ this darkness soon [Eb] will _ pass. _ _ _
We'll sing those songs again, [Ab] _ _ _ _ Lorena.
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[Bb] _ _ You'll be in my _ arms _ [Eb] at _ _
[Ab] last.
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