Chords for Steve Postell "100 Years Old"
Tempo:
99.85 bpm
Chords used:
C
Am
G
F
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Am]
[C] [Am]
[C] I woke up this morning, [Am] was a hundred years old.
cold.
could, [G] but the future looked bleak from this place where I stood.
life.
[C] and my friends are all gone, [Am] and my fortune too.
do?
[C] [Am]
[C] I woke up this morning, [Am] was a hundred years old.
cold.
could, [G] but the future looked bleak from this place where I stood.
life.
[C] and my friends are all gone, [Am] and my fortune too.
do?
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [C] I woke up this morning, [Am] was a hundred years old.
[C] My mind was sad, [Am] but my body was cold.
[C] I was debating [Am] as hard as I could, [G] but the future looked bleak from this place where I stood.
Now [C] I've been given this chance [Am] to come back on my life.
[C] _ The Lord has taken [Am] away my loving wife, _ [C] and my friends are all gone, [Am] and my fortune too.
[G] What is this ancient [E] man supposed to do?
[Am] I could long for [F] the past, _ [C] _ stare at [G] empty pages.
I [Am] could [C] laugh at [F] reckless youth, _
_ [D] _ count out all [G] the stages.
_ [E] _ I could sit [Am] around and wait to die, [F] _ with a hat [C] in my mind to [Am] fly.
_ _ [G] _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ There are faces [Am] I will never be, _ [C] and lovers who will [Am] not accompany me.
_ [C] Children I, [Am] not wide and grow, [G] secrets of life I will never [C] know.
_ There are things [Am] that I would change, [C] _ _ schedules I [Am] would rearrange.
[C] I built my [Am] house on nails and wood.
[G] See I wasn't all bad, [E] and I wasn't all good.
I [Am] could long [C] for [F] the past, _ [C] _ stare at empty [G] pages.
I [Am] could laugh [C] at [F] reckless youth, _
_ [D] _ count out all [G] the stages. _
_ [E] _ I could sit [Am] around and wait to _ [F] die, _ with a hat in [C] my _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] mind _ [C] to fly.
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[C] _ Now can I say [Am] that I regret _
[C] _ this life that I [A] assumed? _
_ [C] I'm just tired [Am] of standing in line.
[G] See a hundred years [E] is a long, long time.
I [Am] could cry [C] out for [F] the _ past, [C] _ stare at empty [G] pages.
I [Am] could laugh [G] at reckless [F] youth, _
_ [D] _ count out all [G] the stages. _
_ [E] _ I could sit [Am] around and wait to [G]
die, [F] _ with a [C] hat in my mind _ [Am] to fly.
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G]
I'm gonna [C] fly away, _ [Am] _ [G] with a hat in [C] my mind [Am] to fly.
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [C] I woke up this morning, [Am] was a hundred years old.
[C] My mind was sad, [Am] but my body was cold.
[C] I was debating [Am] as hard as I could, [G] but the future looked bleak from this place where I stood.
Now [C] I've been given this chance [Am] to come back on my life.
[C] _ The Lord has taken [Am] away my loving wife, _ [C] and my friends are all gone, [Am] and my fortune too.
[G] What is this ancient [E] man supposed to do?
[Am] I could long for [F] the past, _ [C] _ stare at [G] empty pages.
I [Am] could [C] laugh at [F] reckless youth, _
_ [D] _ count out all [G] the stages.
_ [E] _ I could sit [Am] around and wait to die, [F] _ with a hat [C] in my mind to [Am] fly.
_ _ [G] _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ There are faces [Am] I will never be, _ [C] and lovers who will [Am] not accompany me.
_ [C] Children I, [Am] not wide and grow, [G] secrets of life I will never [C] know.
_ There are things [Am] that I would change, [C] _ _ schedules I [Am] would rearrange.
[C] I built my [Am] house on nails and wood.
[G] See I wasn't all bad, [E] and I wasn't all good.
I [Am] could long [C] for [F] the past, _ [C] _ stare at empty [G] pages.
I [Am] could laugh [C] at [F] reckless youth, _
_ [D] _ count out all [G] the stages. _
_ [E] _ I could sit [Am] around and wait to _ [F] die, _ with a hat in [C] my _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] mind _ [C] to fly.
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
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[C] _ Now can I say [Am] that I regret _
[C] _ this life that I [A] assumed? _
_ [C] I'm just tired [Am] of standing in line.
[G] See a hundred years [E] is a long, long time.
I [Am] could cry [C] out for [F] the _ past, [C] _ stare at empty [G] pages.
I [Am] could laugh [G] at reckless [F] youth, _
_ [D] _ count out all [G] the stages. _
_ [E] _ I could sit [Am] around and wait to [G]
die, [F] _ with a [C] hat in my mind _ [Am] to fly.
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G]
I'm gonna [C] fly away, _ [Am] _ [G] with a hat in [C] my mind [Am] to fly.
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