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Dont Be Ashamed Of Your Age

Biography:

John Prine (born October 10, 1946 in Maywood, Illinois-died April 7, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee) was an American country/folk singer-songwriter who has achieved widespread critical (and some commercial) success since the early 1970s.

The son of William Prine and Verna Hamm, his grandfather had played guitar with Merle Travis and he started playing guitar himself at 14 years old. He was a postman for 5 years and spent a couple of years in the army before starting his musical career in the Chicago area.

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Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age :
John Prine
Standard Songs for Average People
Chords tabbed by: Verne Garrison
Banjo tuned E, Key of D, Capo 1
Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age

D A
Don't be ashamed of your age.
D
Don't let the years get you down.
G
That old gang you knew
D
They still think of you
E7 A
As a rounder in your old hometown.

D A
Don't mind the grey in your hair.

Just think of all the fun you've had
D
Puttin' it there.
D
As for that old book of time
A
You've never skipped a page
A D G
So don't be ashamed of your age, brother,
D A D
Don't be ashamed of your age.

D A
Listen, Mr. Smith, Mr. Brown,
D
Don't let your age get you down.
G
Life ain't begun
D
Until you're 40, son.
E7 A
That's when you really start to go to town.

D A
Don't wish that you were a lad.

Why, boy, you've lost more gals
D
Than they've ever had
A D G
So don't be ashamed of your age, brother.
D A D
Don't be ashamed of your age.