A C C/B C/A C/F G [Chorus] C C/B C/A G C We've come a long, long way since the days of my grandfather's time C C/B C/A D G And I can't say it's all been forward Am G F G C C/B I don't know what I'd say to any grandson of mine Am G F Em Am If he was tryin' to make his own way star-ward [Verse 1] F G And I hate to see him go C G But I'd be glad to know F Em Am Part of me would live to see tomorrow F G We thought our days were Am G Bought and paid for F Em Am Came to find that time was only borrowed [Verse 2] C C/B C/A G C A man and his horse used to be worth two bucks a day C C/B C/A D G Now that won't even pay for the hay, and that's the horse's meal Am G I played in a band F G C I lived in an old Chevrolet van Am Back in the days of the automobile [Verse 3] F G We lived on the land C G And tried to make a stand F Em Am Just hoped that man would learn to get by F G And we poisoned the earth C G And took her for all she was worth F Em Am But it was here I's born and here I'll die [Verse 4] F G And you can't get away C G From that final Judgement Day F Em Am No matter how far we fly [Chorus 2] C C/B C/A G C We've flown a long, long way since the days of my grandfather's time C C/B C/A D G And I can't say it's all been forward Am G F G C C/B I don't know what I'd say to any grandson of mine Am G F Em Am If he was tryin' to make his own way star-ward