F C
Turn up the lights so we can see
Bb F
The red-head grandson on your knee
F C
Better hold him while you can
Bb
He'll be walking soon
Eb Ab Db
This time next year you'll want to take him
Eb F
Down the old road behind your house
F C
To show him the sun on the autumn fields
Bb F
To smell the wind-blown alfalfa
F C
To look out where the geese are rising
Bb
For their southern flight
Eb Ab Db
Circling arrows in the sky
Eb F
Above the ditches and the cottonwood
[Chorus]
Bb C F
This time next year
F
There'll be stories to tell
Bb C Dm
And he will listen to you, quiet in your arms
Bb C
And there'll be songs to sing him
Dm Eb Bb
While he goes to sleep
Bb C
When we gather in your home
F
This time next year
[Verse 2]
F C
The boy is laughing on your knee
Bb F
Hold him up so we can see
F C
Hold him high because we're lifted
Bb
In his laughter
Eb Ab Db
And in the gladness he has brought you
Eb F
As you walk these heavy Miles
[Chorus]
Bb C F
This time next year
F
There'll be stories to tell
Bb C Dm
And he will listen to you, quiet in your arms
Bb C
And there'll be songs to sing him
Dm Eb Bb
While he goes to sleep
Bb C
When we gather in your home
F
This time next year
Bb C F
This time next year
F
There'll be stories to tell
Bb C Dm
And he will listen to you, quiet in your arms
Bb C
And there'll be songs to sing him
Dm Eb Bb
While he goes to sleep
Bb C
When we gather in your home
F
This time next year
