Chords for George Burns & John Denver live on TV - I Wish I Was Eighteen Again (1981)

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Thank you very much.
We can't close things off the evening without bringing back [Gm] my close
fire Mr.
George Burns.
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It's so wonderful to be with you again George. _ _ _ _
[Gm] Do a song, let's do the song from your album I Wish I Was 18 Again. _
_ _ _ _ [N] But John, John to be able to do that I've got to have backup singers.
_ Well George I've got a great group of singers right, [Gm] I'd be happy to sing backup for you. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] John, you're too expensive.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ I consider you a friend George, a [F] dollar.
_ _ John, you're too expensive.
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It's on the house.
Okay, I'll pay a dollar.
Alright. _
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_ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] a bar down in Dallas, _ [Cm] an old man chimed in, [F] and I thought he was out of his [Bb] head.
_ [F] _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] Just being a [Gm] young man, _ [Cm] I just laughed it off when [F] I heard what that old man [Bb] had said.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] He said I'll never [Gm] again _ [Cm] turn the young lady's head, _ [F] or go running off into [Bb] the wind.
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I'm three [Gm] quarters home [Cm] from the start to the end, _ [F] and I wish I was 18 [Bb] again.
_ _ _ [F] I [Bb] wish I [Gm] was [Eb] 18 [Cm]
again, _ _ _ _ and going where [Dm] I've never [Bb] been.
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_ But all of [Gm] us, and all of us, [Cm] can't all just pretend, _ [F]
I wish I was [Bb] 18 again.
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_ _ [Bb] Now time turns the [Gm] pages, and [Cm] old life goes so fast.
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The years turn the black hair all [Bb] gray. _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ Talk to some [Gm] young folks, [Cm] hey they don't understand, _ [F] the words this old man's got to [Bb] say.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] I wish I [Gm] was [Eb] 18 [Cm] again, _ _ _ and [F] going where I've never [Bb] been.
_ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] But all of [Gm] us, and all of us, [Cm] can't all just pretend, [C] I wish I [F] was 18 [Bb] again.
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[C] Lord I wish I [F] was 18 _ _ [Bb] again.
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[D] John I love these get-togethers, it's really nice.
Yeah, [Eb] see how much fun you can have without dessert?
Yeah, I'll never have [N] dessert again. _
_ George, I've got a great idea.
You know we work so well together in Oh God and at the amphitheater,
why don't we do an album together?
Wonderful, can't miss.
All your fans will buy it because of you, and all the kids will buy it because of me.
_ _ _ Well let's do it.
Let's do it.
Maybe [Gm] it'll be the first album ever to get a standing ovation.
_ Tell me again how great we [C] are.
_ _ _ Just hear [F] that _ standing ovation.
[C] Wasn't it nice?
Just look at the [A] crowd, _ screaming [D] and cheering, whistling [G] out loud.
_ [Db] What a performance.
[F] Somehow they all know [Dm] we'll never [Abm] top the moment [Gm] when we stop the show.
[F] We took that standing [C] ovation.
Felt all that [A] love.
We went way beyond.
[D] And far far above [Gm] the standard [Bm] performance that gets you a hand.
[F] The night we made that audience.
The night we made the audience.
That whole darn audience.
The whole darn audience.
The night we made [C] that audience _ [F] stand.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ You know John, [Eb] I love you.
Oh I love you too George.
I wish, [C] I wish you were my son.
_ _ [Eb] Thank you George.
I'd make a [F] fortune with you.
_ [Bbm] Could I help you clean up?
Say [Db] goodnight George. Goodnight [D] kid.
And the next time we meet, if you're a good boy, [Eb] I'll teach you how to smoke a cigar. _ _ _ _
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When I grow up, I want to be just like him. _ _
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