Old Before My Time
By The Allman Brothers
Intro:
G/F/Em/C
Em/D/C
There is a long hard road that follows far behind me
G/Am/C
and It's so cold I'm about to die.
Em/D/C
Chasin' a dream around the world that's got me feelin' down
G/F/C
though it used to make me high.
Am/D/Am/Em
Lookin' for answers, searchin' for the truth
C/E7/Am
in an ocean of lies.
D/G/Am/Em
Tryin' to find a reason to make the whole thing rhyme.
C/D/G
Can make you old before your time.
Em/D/C
When I was younger, I thought I ruled the world.
G/Am/C
It was an oyster at my feet.
Em/D/C
Dancin' to my own drum, fishin' out the pearl.
G/F/C
Wish I would have been much more discreet.
Am/D/Am/Em
I've lived a lifetime actin' out a part.
C/E7/Am
It's been a long up-hill climb.
D/G/Am/Em
Now all the things that used to mean so much to me.
C/D/G
Have made me old before my time.
C
Wanderin' aimlessly
G
wonderin' aloud.
Em/C/D
Could it ever be much different now.
C
Remind me of the past
G
I slippped into a dream.
Em/C/D
Funny things ain't never what they seem.
"Slide solo"
Em/D/C/G/Am/C/Em/D/C/G/F/C
Am/D/Am/Em/C/E7/Am
D/G/Am/Em/C/D/G
Em/D/C
Living like children, never doing what we are told.
G/Am/C
Would not hesitate to take a chance.
Em/D/C
That road behind me now is paved with fool's gold.
G/F/C
It's almost time for the victory dance.
Am/D/Am/Em
No more feelin' guilty for things I never did.
C/E7/Am
Feelin' nothin' for my crimes.
D/G/Am/Em
Livin' like a gypsy, dreamin' like a kid
C/D/G
Has made me old before my time.
G/F/Em/C
Em/D/C
There is a long hard road that winds so far behind me.