Verse:
A F#m D A
When we were younger time was under careful lock and key
A F#m D A
Now it's open tipped and pourin' out all over me
F#m C#m Bm F#m C#m Bm
Oh what a shame that our days you exclaimed I thought you had meant they were long
F#m C#m Bm F#m C#m A
Not 'till the night when I turned I saw that I had it all wrong
Verse:
A F#m D A
I was gettin' tired of lettin' all my hours pass
A F#m D A
Hopin' someday soon or some way everything would last
F#m C#m Bm F#m C#m Bm
Oh What a shame When I look at your frame I know someday it will be dust
F#m C#m Bm F#m C#m A
Not that I thought it's that close 'cause it's not but I guess it's just creepin' up
Chorus:
A D A E
Oh and it's not that bad it's all this time we've had
C#m D A E
Things that could be became history We'll never know instead
A D A E
Oh we're not too far gone It hasn't been that long
C#m D
Oh and our tea cup is getting filled up
A E A(x4)
So we'll never have to dread getting old
Bridge:
F#m D
Ohhhhhhhhh
F#m D
Ohhhhhhhhh
F#m D
Ohhhhhhhhh
B E
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh
Chorus:
A D A E
Oh but it's not that bad it's all this time we've had
C#m D A E
Oh things that could be became history We'll never know instead
A D A E
Oh we're not too far gone It hasn't been that long
C#m D
Oh and our tea cup is getting filled up
A E A
So we'll never have to dread getting old
A A A
Getting old getting old getting old