Biography:
Greg Brown is a folk musician from Iowa, USA. His "Iowa Waltz" has been (unsuccessfully) proposed to replace the state song of Iowa.
During the 1980s, his reputation was established through frequent touring and recurring performances on A Prairie Home Companion. Subsequently, his work has been nominated for Grammy awards. He also founded his own record label and named it Red House Records after a home he lived in in Iowa. Red House Records is an independent record label specializing in folk music, based in St.
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Other songs:
- 857
- Bucket
- Canned Goods
- Cept You And Me Babe
- Early
- Heart Of My Country
- Here In The Going Going Gone
- If I Ever Do See You Again
- In The Dark With You
- Like A Dog
- Nice When It Rains
- Rooty Toot Toot For The Moon
- Spring Wind
- The Poet Game
- The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home
- Trump Cant Have That
- Who Woulda Thunk It
- Worrisome Years
Worrisome Years
by Greg Brown
from If I had known Essentia recordings 1980-1996
capo 5th fret
[Intro]
D G D
[Chorus]
D
In the worrisome years, over the hills
G D
I thought it's supposed to get easier, to pay your bills
G D
I got nothing to show, but a worrisome heart
D A7 G D
Can ya please tell me, when does the good part start?
[Verse 1]
D
I done like they told me, I done like I should
G D
Ever since I started, just trying to make good
G D
trying to make a good life, for my family
D A7 G D
but I can't buy none of that stuff the kids want from TV
[Chorus]
D
In the worrisome years, over the hills
G D
I thought it's supposed to get easier, to pay your bills
G D
I got nothing to show, but a worrisome heart
D A7 G D
Can ya please tell me, when does the good part start?
[Verse 2]
D
I think about leaving, but where would I go?
G D
How would I get there? I don't know
G D
I took my stand here, I don't want to roam
D A7 G D
This old town ain't much, but it's all I know of home
[Chorus]
D
In the worrisome years, over the hills
G D
I thought it's supposed to get easier, to pay your bills
G D
I got nothing to show, but a worrisome heart
D A7 G D
Can ya please tell me, when does the good part start?
[Verse 3]
D
I look at Cheryl, she looks at me
G D
We don't talk no more, about our dreams
G D
We don't have no fun, the way we used to do
D A7 G
Don't be disappointed in me baby,
D
I ain't disappointed in you
[Chorus]
D
It’s just the worrisome years, over the hills
G D
I thought it's supposed to get easier, to pay your bills
G D
I got nothing to show, but a worrisome heart
D A7 G D
Can ya please tell me, when does the good part start?
G D G D
When does the good part start, hey when does the good part start
G D
Umm umm umm, when does the good part start?
by Greg Brown
from If I had known Essentia recordings 1980-1996
capo 5th fret
[Intro]
D G D
[Chorus]
D
In the worrisome years, over the hills
G D
I thought it's supposed to get easier, to pay your bills
G D
I got nothing to show, but a worrisome heart
D A7 G D
Can ya please tell me, when does the good part start?
[Verse 1]
D
I done like they told me, I done like I should
G D
Ever since I started, just trying to make good
G D
trying to make a good life, for my family
D A7 G D
but I can't buy none of that stuff the kids want from TV
[Chorus]
D
In the worrisome years, over the hills
G D
I thought it's supposed to get easier, to pay your bills
G D
I got nothing to show, but a worrisome heart
D A7 G D
Can ya please tell me, when does the good part start?
[Verse 2]
D
I think about leaving, but where would I go?
G D
How would I get there? I don't know
G D
I took my stand here, I don't want to roam
D A7 G D
This old town ain't much, but it's all I know of home
[Chorus]
D
In the worrisome years, over the hills
G D
I thought it's supposed to get easier, to pay your bills
G D
I got nothing to show, but a worrisome heart
D A7 G D
Can ya please tell me, when does the good part start?
[Verse 3]
D
I look at Cheryl, she looks at me
G D
We don't talk no more, about our dreams
G D
We don't have no fun, the way we used to do
D A7 G
Don't be disappointed in me baby,
D
I ain't disappointed in you
[Chorus]
D
It’s just the worrisome years, over the hills
G D
I thought it's supposed to get easier, to pay your bills
G D
I got nothing to show, but a worrisome heart
D A7 G D
Can ya please tell me, when does the good part start?
G D G D
When does the good part start, hey when does the good part start
G D
Umm umm umm, when does the good part start?
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