No Time To Cry

Iris DeMent

  • A7
  • C
  • D
  • D/C
  • D7
  • Dsus4
  • Em
  • G
  • G/A
  • G/B
  • G/D
  • G/F#
  • Gsus4/D
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Key:
G 320033 G/D xx0003 Gsus4 xx0013 A* x00000 C x32013 D xx0232
Dsus4 000233
Em 022003 A7 x02020 [Intro] G A* x4 [Verse 1]
G D Dsus4 My father died a year ago today.
Em G/D C The rooster started crowing when they carried Dad away.
G Em There beside my mother, in the living room, I stood,
A7 D Dsus4 With my brothers and my sister, knowing Dad was gone for good.
G Well, I stayed at home just long enough,
D Dsus4 To lay him in the ground and then I,
Em G/D C Caught a plane to do a show up north in Detroit town.
G D G C Gsus4/D G Because I'm older now and I've got no time to cry. [Chorus]
G/A G/B C D Dsus4 I've got no time to look back, I've got no time to see,
G G/B C The pieces of my heart that have been ripped away from me.
Em G And if the feelings starts to coming, I've learned to stop 'em fast.
A7 A7/B D Dsus4 `Cause I don't know, if I let 'em go, they might not wanna pass.
G D Dsus4 And there's just so many people trying to get me on the phone.
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Em G/D And there's bills to pay, and songs to play,
C And a house to make a home.
G D D/C G/B C Gsus4/D G D7 I guess I'm older now and I've got no time to cry. [Verse 2]
G D Dsus4 I can still remember when I was a girl
Em G/D C So many things have changed so much here in my world.
G Em I remember sitting on the front yard when an ambulance went by,
A7 D Dsus4 And just listening to those sirens I would break down and cry.
G But now I'm walking now I'm talking,
D Dsus4 Doing just what I'm supposed to do.
Em G/D C Working overtime to make sure that I don't come unglued.
G D G C Gsus4/D G I guess I'm older now and I 've got no time to cry. [Chorus]
G/A G/B C D Dsus4 I've got no time to look back, I've got no time to see,
G G/B C The pieces of my heart that have been ripped away from me.
Em G And if the feelings starts to coming, I've learned to stop 'em fast.
A7 A7/B D Dsus4 `Cause I don't know, if I let 'em go, they might not wanna pass.
G D Dsus4 And there's just so many people trying to get me on the phone.
Em G/D And there's bills to pay, and songs to play,
C And a house to make a home.
G D D/C G/B C Gsus4/D G D7 I guess I'm older now and I've got no time to cry. [Verse 3]
G D Dsus4 I sit down on the sofa an' I watch the evening news:
Em G/D C There's a half a dozen tragedies from which to pick and choose.
G G/F# Em The baby that was missin' was found in a ditch today.
A7 A7/B D Dsus4 And there's bombs a'flying and people dying not so far away.
G Now I'll take a beer from the 'fridgerator,
D Dsus4 And go sit out in the yard and with a
Em G/D C cold one in my hand I'm gonna bite down and swallow hard.
G D G C Gsus4/D G Because I'm older now and I've got no time to cry. [Chorus]
G/A G/B C D Dsus4 I've got no time to look back, an' I've got no time to see,
G G/B C The pieces of my heart that have been ripped away from me.
Em G And if the feelings starts to coming, I've learned to stop 'em fast.
A7 A7/B D Dsus4 `Cause I don't know, if I let 'em go, they might not wanna pass.
G D Dsus4 And there's just so many people trying to get me on the phone.
Em G/D And there's bills to pay, and songs to play,
C And a house to make a home.
G D D/C G/B C Gsus4/D I guess I'm older now and I've got no time to cry. [Other]
G D D/C G/B C I guess I'm older now and I just ain't got no time to cry.
G C G C G No time to cry, no time to cry, no time to cry
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