[Intro/Verse]
G G G G
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------0-------0-------0-------0-----------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0--------------|
D|----------0-------0-------0-------0-----------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-----------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-----|
E|----3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-----3/7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-------------------------------------|
Follow this picking pattern on the 4th and 3rd string. The chord changes are G, B and C. Play the B on the
seventh fret of the 6th string and the C on the third fret of the 5th string.
Mute the 1st and 2nd string with your 4 and 5 fingers during the first two choruses, then play all of the
bridge chords with your 4 and 5 fingers on the 3rd fret of the 2nd and 1st string, respectively.
Finger pick the verses and use a pick or your fingernail on the chorus and bridge.
[Verse]
G
When I was young, I had a lover
Bm
But she died one day
C
So i'll never love another
G
No, i'll never love another the same
G
But I see her in the sky
Bm
Near that riverbedd
C
She's the moon, she is dressed in white
G C
Oh night, don't end
G
No, oh
[Chorus]
G
I am growing old
B/G C
and my knees are growing weak
Em D C
I miss the one I loved when I was young
G
She's the only one for me
C G
oooh, ohhh
C G
oooh, ohhh
[Verse]
G
With my worm's eye view
Bm
Oh, I'm looking up to you
C G
Praying with your bird's eye, you're looking at me too
I will make my way
Bm
Over to the great plains
C G
'Cause next to you, I see heaven's gates
C G
So night, don't end
C G
No, night, no
[Chorus]
G
I am growing old
B/G C
and my knees are growing weak
Em D C
I miss the one I loved when I was young
G
She's the only one for me
C G
oooh, ohhh
C G
oooh, ohhh
G
I am growing old
B/G C
and my knees are growing weak
Em D C
I miss the one I loved when I was young
G
She's the only one for me
C G
oooh, ohhh
C G
oooh, ohhh
[Outro]
Em
I will run
C
'Cause the morning brings the sun
G D
and I will lose you when the night is done
Em
Oh, I will run
C
'Cause the morning brings the sun
G D C
and I will lose you when the night is done, when the night is done
