C C

C              G
My father died a year ago today.
    Am              Am/G              F
The rooster started crowing when they carried Dad away.
C                              Am
There beside my mother, in the living room, I stood,
        Dm7                             G
With my brothers and my sister, knowing Dad was gone for good.
      C
Well, I hung around just long enough,
G
To lay him in the ground and then I,
Am                Am/G         F
Caught a plane to do a show up north in Detroit town.
            C         G                          C
Because I'm older now and I ain't got no time to cry.

     F                              G
I've got no time to look back, I've got no time to see,
    C                            F
The pieces of my heart that have been ripped away from me.
           Am                             F
And if the feeling starts to coming, I've learned to stop 'em fast.
       Dm7                                 G
`Cause I don't know, if I let 'em go, they might not wanna pass.
                 C              G
And there's just so many people trying to get me on the phone.
            Am                Am/G
And there's bills to pay, and songs to play,
      F
And a house to make a home.
            C         G                          C
I guess I'm older now and I ain't got no time to cry.

C                    G
I can still remember before I heard of Merle.
   Am               Am/G       F
So many things have changed so much here in my world.
           C                                  Am
I remember sitting on the front porch when an ambulance went by,
         Dm7                               G
And just listening to those sirens I would breakdown and cry.
            C
But now I'm walking and I'm talking,
           G
Doing just what I'm supposed to do.
Am           Am/G              F
Working over time to make sure I don't come unglued.
            C             G
I guess I'm older now and I ain't got no time to cry.

     F                              G
I've got no time to look back, I've got no time to see,
    C                            F
The pieces of my heart that have been ripped away from me.
           Am                             F
And if the feeling starts to coming, I've learned to stop 'em fast.
       Dm7                                 G
`Cause I don't know, if I let 'em go, they might not wanna pass.
                 C              G
And there's just so many people trying to get me on the phone.
            Am                Am/G
And there's bills to pay, and songs to play,
      F
And a house to make a home.
            C         G                          C
I guess I'm older now and I ain't got no time to cry.

KEY CHANGE

      D                          A
Now I sit down on the sofa and I watch the evening news:
          Bm           Bm/A      G
There's a half a dozen tragedies from which to pick and choose.
    D                         A
The baby that was missing was found in a ditch today.
            Em7                             A
And there's bombs a'flying and people dying not so far away.
                D
And I'll take a beer from the 'fridgerator,
       A                              Bm             Bm/A
And go sit out in the yard and with a cold one in my hand,
               G
I'm gonna bite down and swallow hard.
            D         A                      Bm
Because I'm older now I ain't got no time to cry.
It's true...
            D         A                          D
I guess I'm older now and I ain't got no time to cry.