A Little Ways Down The Road Chords by Larry Sparks

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_ A little ways down the road [Bb] Sits an old man on [F] the porch
Thinking of his young days long [C] ago _
_ [F] Looking back [C] on another time
[Bb] Not so far [C] and an old man's mind [Bb] old, no _ _ _ A little ways [F] down the road
_ _ _ [Bb] A little ways down the road [F] When his snow white hair was brown
[Bb] He could work all [F] day with a horse and [G] plow Late soul [C] night in town
When _ [Bb] all that mattered [C] was a fiddle tune [Gm] A pretty girl, [C] a harvest moon [Bb] of gold
_ _ _ _ A little [F] ways down the road _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Bbm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ [G] _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ A _ _ _ _ _ little ways down the road
He can [Bb] still see [F] yesterday _ Memories bring a smile [C] to his face
[Am] _ [F] _ Courting [C] days with his lady [Bb] fair In her gingham [F] dress, her hair that [Bb] shone like gold _ _ _
A little ways [F] down the road _ _ _ A little ways down the [Bb] road
He had just turned [Dm] twenty-one [F] Now he's a [Dm] man of eighty [C]-four
[Am] His [F] lady [C] fair is laid to [Bb] rest In a churchyard [C] where her favorite [G] flowers [Bb] grow
_ _ _ A little ways [F] down the road _ [Am] _ [F] _ [Bb] A little ways down the road
When [F] his snow white hair was brown [Bb] He could work all day [F] with a horse and plow
[G] Late soul night [C] in town _ _ [Bb] When all that mattered [Cm] was a fiddle tune
[Bb] A pretty girl, [C] a harvest moon [Bb] of gold A _ _ little ways down [F] the road
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