Chords for steve goodman, The 20th Century Is Almost Over

[C] _ [G] _ [D] _ [G] This is in G2.
Let's keep going.
This is a
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_ _ wrote _ this
After I got a calendar from an insurance company
_ Told me my auto insurance was due
The rumor is it you shouldn't let me drive
I _ _ _ haven't had an attention span in so long.
This is hard to do it
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_ _ _ _ _ Anyhow, it's at 1977 on the calendar and that struck me as being later than I thought it was
_ _ way back in
1899 when [C] everybody [G] sang old Lang Syne a hundred years took a long long time
for every [D] boy and girl
Now _ [G] there's only one thing that I'd like to know
[C] Where did the 20th [G] century go?
I swear it was here just a minute ago all
[D] over [G] this world
And now the 20th century is almost over [C] almost over almost [G] over
20th century is almost over
Over this world
_ This world and it's all
[N] _ And now the 20th century is [G] almost over
all over this world
Does [Ab] anyone remember [C] the Great Depression?
[Db] I read all about it [N] in true confession.
I'm sorry.
I was late for your
recording session, but somebody put me on hold
And has anybody seen my linoleum floors?
Petroleum jelly and two world wars.
They [G] got stuck in the revolving door all
over this world
And now the 20th century is almost over [C] almost over [G] almost over
20th century is almost over
[D] all [G] over this world
all over this world
all over this world
Now the 20th century is almost over
[D] _
[G] _ Winters getting colder
Summers getting hotter wishing wells wishing [Gbm] for another [G] drop of water mother earth
Blushing to somebody caught [D] her making love to the [Am] man in the moon
[D] Tell me [N] how you're gonna keep on down on the [E] farm now that outer [Ab] space has lost [Eb] its charm
Someone [D] set off the burglar alarm.
They stole the air [G] from a child's balloon
And now the 20th century is almost [C] over almost over
[G] Almost over the 20th century is almost over
all over this world
all over this world
All over this world
Or a 20th century is almost over all over this world
Father time has got his toes a-tapping standing in the window grumbling [C] and a-rapping
[F] Everybody's waiting for something to happen.
Tell me [E] if it happens to you
[Gm] The judgment day [A] is [G] getting nearer
There it [Ab] is in the [F] rearview mirror if you [Gm] duck down and I could [G] see a little clearer
all over this world
Now the 20th century almost over [C] almost [G] over
Most over the 20th century
Almost over all [D] over [G] this world
all over this world
_ Lovers were and now the 20th century is almost over
All over this world
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