Biography:
Pete Seeger (May 3, 1919 - January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer, political activist and author, and a key figure in the mid-20th century American folk music revival. He is particularly loved as the author (or co-author) of the songs Where Have All the Flowers Gone, If I Had a Hammer, and Turn, Turn, Turn. One of his brothers is Mike Seeger; Peggy Seeger is his half-sister.
As a member of The Weavers, Seeger had a string of hits, including a 1949 recording of Leadbelly's "Goodnight Irene" that topped the charts for 13 weeks in 1950.
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Other songs:
- Where Have All The Flowers Gone?
- Which Side Are You On?
- Banks Of Marble
- Bourgeois Blues
- Clap Your Hands
- From Way Up Here
- Gods Counting On Me Gods Counting On You
- Guantanamera
- If I Had A Hammer
- Joe Hill
- Keep Your Eyes On The Prize
- Little Boxes
- My Get Up And Go
- My Oklahoma Home Blowed Away
- My Rainbow Race
- Oh Had I A Golden Thread
- Old Time Religion Parody
- Oleanna
- Passing Through
- Raggedy
- Sag Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind
- Sailin Up Sailin Down
- Skip To My Lou
- Solidarity Forever
- The Battle Of New Orleans
- The Farmer Is The Man
- The Titanic
- The Water Is Wide
- This Old Car
- To My Old Brown Earth
- Turn Turn Turn
- Waist Deep In The Big Muddy
- Waiste Deep In The Big Muddy
- We Shall Overcome
- What Did You Learn In School Today
- When I First Came To This Land
- Where Have All The Flowers Gone
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CHORUS:
D G D
How do I know my youth is all spent?
A D
My get up and go has got up and went
G D
But in spite of it all I'm able to grin
A D
And think of the places my get up has been
Verse 1:
D A
Old age is golden so I've heard said
D
But sometimes I wonder as I crawl into bed
G A
With my ears in a drawer, my teeth in a cup
E A
My eyes on a table until I wake up
D A
As sleep dims my vision I say to myself:
D
Is there nothin' else I should lay on the shelf?
G D
But though nations are warring and business is vexed
A D
I'll still stick around to see what happens next.
REPEAT CHORUS
Verse 2:
D A
When I was young my slippers were red
D
I could kick up my heels right over my head
G D
When I was older my slippers were blue
E A
But still I could dance the whole night through
D A
Now I am older my slippers turned black
A7 D
I huff to the store and I puff my way back
G D
But never you laugh, I don't mind at all
A D
'cause I'd rather be huffing than not puff at all
REPEAT CHORUS
Verse 3:
D A
I get up each morning and dust off my wits
A7 D
Open the paper and read the 'obits
G D
If I'm not there I know I'm not dead
A D
So I eat a good breakfast and go back to bed
REPEAT CHORUS
D G D
How do I know my youth is all spent?
A D
My get up and go has got up and went
G D
But in spite of it all I'm able to grin
A D
And think of the places my get up has been
Verse 1:
D A
Old age is golden so I've heard said
D
But sometimes I wonder as I crawl into bed
G A
With my ears in a drawer, my teeth in a cup
E A
My eyes on a table until I wake up
D A
As sleep dims my vision I say to myself:
D
Is there nothin' else I should lay on the shelf?
G D
But though nations are warring and business is vexed
A D
I'll still stick around to see what happens next.
REPEAT CHORUS
Verse 2:
D A
When I was young my slippers were red
D
I could kick up my heels right over my head
G D
When I was older my slippers were blue
E A
But still I could dance the whole night through
D A
Now I am older my slippers turned black
A7 D
I huff to the store and I puff my way back
G D
But never you laugh, I don't mind at all
A D
'cause I'd rather be huffing than not puff at all
REPEAT CHORUS
Verse 3:
D A
I get up each morning and dust off my wits
A7 D
Open the paper and read the 'obits
G D
If I'm not there I know I'm not dead
A D
So I eat a good breakfast and go back to bed
REPEAT CHORUS
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