After All These Years

G G C D (2x)


[Verse 1]
G                                     C
After all these years I would have thought
                                 G
That all my fears were laid to rest
        C          D
But I still get scared
         G
And I thought that all my struggles would be
C                    D     G
Victories by now but I confess
          C         D
That the mess is there


[Prechorus 1]
     Em              B
But oh, I know the work that you began
       A                C
Is coming to an end someday,
                    G G C D
After all these years


[Instrumental]
G G C D


[Verse 2]
      G
Well, after all this time
                   C
I thought that the rhythms and the rhymes
           G
Would come so easy
              C        D
But it's still so hard
         G                      C
It's the same twelve notes, six strings,
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                     G
And a million little mysteries
           C         D
And one broken heart


[Prechorus 2]
    Em              B
But oh, there is an everlasting song
    A                    C
I'm gonna sing along someday


[Chorus]
                      G                D
'Cause you never let go. You never let go
                  Em                              C
You led me by the hand into a land of green and gold
               G                 D
You never let go. You never let go
                      Em             C
Your love endures forever wherever I go
                  G   D                  G    D    C   D  G  C  D
After all these years that's all that I know. Oh, Oh


[Verse 2]
G                                 C
From Illinois to Shiloh to The Warren
                         G
To the cliffs at Castle Rock
                  C            D
Well I've been longing for a land
            G                     C
But not everyone who wanders is lost
          D            G
'Cause every road I walk
            C            D
Is in the palm of your hand


[Prechorus 3]
Em                 B
Oh, there is a house with many rooms
            A                    C
Where I'm gonna be with you someday


[Chorus]
                      G                D
'Cause you never let go. You never let go
                  Em                              C
You led me by the hand into a land of green and gold
               G                 D
You never let go. You never let go
                      Em             C
Your love endures forever wherever I go
                   Em  A C D
After all these years


[End Chorus]
               G                 D
You never let go, you never let go
                   Em                            C
You led me by the hand into a land of green and gold
               G
You never let go
               D
You never let go
                 Em                               C
Well after the years have gone and I have grown old
                G                   D           Em          C
I'm gonna go home to the arms of a Father who never let me go
                  G  D                   G     D   C
After all these years that's all that I know. Oh, Oh
       D       G    D  C
You never let go. Oh, Oh
       D       G   D   C  D G
You never let go. Oh, Oh