Chords for John Mellencamp - Minutes to Memories (LIVE)
Tempo:
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Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[G] How many of you people here are under 30 years old [N] tonight?
There's some dude down here who's at least twice my age who has his hand raised up.
Yeah, I'm under 30.
[C] [D] Now, the reason I bring that up, you [Ab] know,
under 30 are getting ready to take over what us baby boomers left behind.
Which [C] in [Em] some places ain't too [C] sweet, I can tell you that.
is suggest that you have a little compassion for your people,
trying to take over here, and that we show compassion to each other.
There's some dude down here who's at least twice my age who has his hand raised up.
Yeah, I'm under 30.
[C] [D] Now, the reason I bring that up, you [Ab] know,
under 30 are getting ready to take over what us baby boomers left behind.
Which [C] in [Em] some places ain't too [C] sweet, I can tell you that.
is suggest that you have a little compassion for your people,
trying to take over here, and that we show compassion to each other.
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[G] How many of you people here are under 30 years old [N] tonight?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
There's some dude down here who's at least twice my age who has his hand raised up.
Yeah, I'm under 30.
Yeah.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ Now, the reason I bring that up, you [Ab] know,
[G] you _ guys that are under 30 are getting ready to take over what us baby boomers left behind. _
Which [C] _ in [Em] some places ain't too [C] sweet, I can tell you that.
[G] _ _ _ So all I'm gonna do is suggest that you have a little compassion for your people,
for these younger people trying to take over here, and that we show compassion to each other. _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _ [C] _ [Em] _
But I also want to say, us older guys ain't done yet.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ On a [D] greyhound [C] thirty miles down [G] Jamestown
Saw the sunset [C] on the Tennessee line
[G] Looked at [D] the young man [C] who was riding beside [G] him
_ [D] Said I'm old kind [C] of worn out inside
[G] _ Did you hear that?
Didn't sound good. _
_ [Em] _ _ [C] _ [G] I'm old kind of worn out inside
I _ _ _ _ _ worked my whole life [C] in the steel mills near [G] Gary
My father [C] before me, I helped build this land
[G] _ Now I'm 77, [C] oh God is my witness
[G] I earned every dollar [C] that passed through my [G] hand _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] My family and friends [G] are the best things I've [Am] known
In the eye of the needle, [G] I carry them on _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [C] _ There's 200 [G] minutes and minutes to memories
[Am] Life's a way [G] of the dreams that we plan _
_ [C] You are [G] young and you are the future
[Am] So suck it up and tough it [D] out and be _
The [G] best you can, _ _ [C] _ _
[G] be the best you can
_ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ Rain hit [Em] the old [C] dog in the twilight's last [G] gleaming
He said son it sounds [C] like rattling old [G] bones
This highway's long but I know some matter longer
Son of tomorrow, I [C] guess I'll be home
_ [G] _ Through the hills of Kentucky, [C] across the Ohio River
[G] The old man kept [Em] talking [C] about his life and his [G] times
He fell [A] asleep [C] with his head against the window
[G] Said an honest man's [C] pillow is his peace of mind
[Am]
This world [G] offers riches and riches through growings _
[C] And I [G] don't take stock in those uncertain things _
_ _ _ _ [C] There's 200 [G] minutes and minutes to [Am] memories
Life's a way of [G] the dreams that we plan
_ _ _ [C] You are [G] young and you are the future
[Am] So suck it up and tough it out [Dm] and be
The _ [G] best you can, _ [C] be [G] the best you _ _ [C] can
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ Now that I'm older I [C] can see he was right
[G] _ _ I _ [C] _ can [G] see he was right
But _ _ _ _ _ it's another [Em] hard [C] one out on highway [G] 11
This is my life, this is [C] what I've chosen to do
[G] _ _ There's no free [C] rides and no one said it'd be [G] easy
The old man told me this [C] my son I'm telling it to [G] you _ _ _
There's _ _ _ [C] _ _
200 [G] minutes and minutes to memories
_ [Am] _ Life's a way of the [G] dreams that we plan
_ [C] You are [G] young and you are the future
[Am] So suck it up and tough it [D] out and be
The [G] best you can
_ [C] _ I hope you all can [G] be the best you can
[C] _ Be [G] the best you can
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
There's some dude down here who's at least twice my age who has his hand raised up.
Yeah, I'm under 30.
Yeah.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ Now, the reason I bring that up, you [Ab] know,
[G] you _ guys that are under 30 are getting ready to take over what us baby boomers left behind. _
Which [C] _ in [Em] some places ain't too [C] sweet, I can tell you that.
[G] _ _ _ So all I'm gonna do is suggest that you have a little compassion for your people,
for these younger people trying to take over here, and that we show compassion to each other. _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _ [C] _ [Em] _
But I also want to say, us older guys ain't done yet.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ On a [D] greyhound [C] thirty miles down [G] Jamestown
Saw the sunset [C] on the Tennessee line
[G] Looked at [D] the young man [C] who was riding beside [G] him
_ [D] Said I'm old kind [C] of worn out inside
[G] _ Did you hear that?
Didn't sound good. _
_ [Em] _ _ [C] _ [G] I'm old kind of worn out inside
I _ _ _ _ _ worked my whole life [C] in the steel mills near [G] Gary
My father [C] before me, I helped build this land
[G] _ Now I'm 77, [C] oh God is my witness
[G] I earned every dollar [C] that passed through my [G] hand _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] My family and friends [G] are the best things I've [Am] known
In the eye of the needle, [G] I carry them on _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [C] _ There's 200 [G] minutes and minutes to memories
[Am] Life's a way [G] of the dreams that we plan _
_ [C] You are [G] young and you are the future
[Am] So suck it up and tough it [D] out and be _
The [G] best you can, _ _ [C] _ _
[G] be the best you can
_ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ Rain hit [Em] the old [C] dog in the twilight's last [G] gleaming
He said son it sounds [C] like rattling old [G] bones
This highway's long but I know some matter longer
Son of tomorrow, I [C] guess I'll be home
_ [G] _ Through the hills of Kentucky, [C] across the Ohio River
[G] The old man kept [Em] talking [C] about his life and his [G] times
He fell [A] asleep [C] with his head against the window
[G] Said an honest man's [C] pillow is his peace of mind
[Am]
This world [G] offers riches and riches through growings _
[C] And I [G] don't take stock in those uncertain things _
_ _ _ _ [C] There's 200 [G] minutes and minutes to [Am] memories
Life's a way of [G] the dreams that we plan
_ _ _ [C] You are [G] young and you are the future
[Am] So suck it up and tough it out [Dm] and be
The _ [G] best you can, _ [C] be [G] the best you _ _ [C] can
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ Now that I'm older I [C] can see he was right
[G] _ _ I _ [C] _ can [G] see he was right
But _ _ _ _ _ it's another [Em] hard [C] one out on highway [G] 11
This is my life, this is [C] what I've chosen to do
[G] _ _ There's no free [C] rides and no one said it'd be [G] easy
The old man told me this [C] my son I'm telling it to [G] you _ _ _
There's _ _ _ [C] _ _
200 [G] minutes and minutes to memories
_ [Am] _ Life's a way of the [G] dreams that we plan
_ [C] You are [G] young and you are the future
[Am] So suck it up and tough it [D] out and be
The [G] best you can
_ [C] _ I hope you all can [G] be the best you can
[C] _ Be [G] the best you can
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [N] _