F          C             G         C
There's a man in the mountains, of east Tennessee
     F          C                   G           C
With three generations, making that gentleman's drink
   F            C              G             C
He pours in his soul, then the corn from his land
        F             C              G       C
Then he lets that old clock, do what only it can

[Instrumental]
F C G C

[Verse 2]
        F           C               G               C
We were kids when I met her, then I quit that small town
  F                C                G           C
A handful of years later, shit just look at her now
F              C                 G          C
Just like that whiskey, she grew strong and smooth
    F          C             G
And old father time, he knew just what to do

[Chorus]
         F  C         G
It takes ti-me, can't rush your way right through this life
F   C      G
Ti- me, no crop don’t grow overnight
F   C         E                  Am
Ti- me, gotta put the work in to get it right
F    C           G          C
Woah oh, Lord it just takes time (ya)

[Instrumental] x2
F C G C

[Verse 3]
       F              C            G              C
Well a bird dropped a seed, and it bloomed in the woods
        F   C         G                  C
It took 200 years, to fall from where it stood
            F          C              G              C
It took the hands of a maker, and the sweat from his brow
   F                   C          G
To make that tree this guitar I’m playin’ now

[Chorus]
         F  C         G
It takes ti-me, can't rush your way right through this life
F   C      G
Ti- me, no crop don’t grow overnight
F   C         E                      Am
Ti- me, you gotta put the work in to get it right
F    C           G          C
Woah oh, Lord it just takes time

[Bridge]
F  C  G  C
Yeah-
            F           C      G  C
Whoah-oh-oh time, time, ti-me        (yeah)

[Instrumental]
F C G C F C G G

[Chorus]
         F
It takes ti-me, can't rush your way right through this life
N.C.
Ti- me, no crop don’t grow overnight
F   C         E                  Am
Ti- me, gotta put the work in to get it right
F    C           G    C
Woah oh, Lord it just takes time
       F     C              G          C
I said whoah oh---, Lord it just takes time