G          G
C    C/B   Am7   C/G
D          D
C          G

[Verse 1]
G            C           G                    C
When I was a younger man lookin' for a pot of gold
G            C                     D
Everywhere I turned the doors were closin'
     G              C              G               C
Took every ounce of faith I had to keep on keepin' on
    G                 C          D
And still I felt like I was only losin'

[Chorus] 
    C                 G                            C
I refused then like I do now to let anybody tie me down
  G                                 D
I lost a few good friends along the way
      C                    G                                      C
I was raised up poor and I wanted more and maybe I'm a little too proud
G                                D
Lookin' back I see a kid who was just afraid
C                 D              G
Hungry        and old before his time

[Instrumental]
C    C/B   Am7   C/G
D          D
C          G

[Verse 2]
G                      C                 G              C
Through the years I've known my share of broken-hearted fools
    G                  C                   D
And those who couldn't choose a path worth taking
        G              C               G            C
There's nothin' in the world so sad as talking to a man
    G              C                D
Who never knew his life was his for makin’

[Chorus]
         C              G                              C
Ain't it about time you realize it's not worth keepin' score?
    G                                D
You win some, you lose some, and you let it go
C                 G                                 C
What's the use of stackin’ on every failure another stone
         G                                 D
Till you find you've spent your whole life building walls
C                 D               G
Lonely        and old before your time?

[Instrumental]
C    C/B   Am7   C/G
D          D
C          G

[Bridge]
   C          Em
It took so lo-ng to see
     C              Em       D       (STOP)
That truth was all around    me

[Verse 3] 
G                C                     G              C
Now the wren has gone to roost and the sky is turnin' gold
    G               C            D
And like the sky my soul is also turnin'
G                C                  G               C
Turnin' from the past, at last, and all I've left behind
G                C            D
Could it be that I am finally learnin'?

[Chorus]
C              G                                C
Learnin' I'm deserving of love and the peaceful heart
        G                             D
I won't tear myself apart no more for tryin'
         C          G                                 C
Tired of lyin' to myself, tryin' to buy what can't be bought
         G                                         D
It's not livin' that you're doin' if it feels like dyin’
C               D               G
Cryin’, growin' old before your time
C               D               G    G
Cryin’, growin' old before your time


[Intro lick] (played fast)

Guitar 1 (banjo run)
                  G

E|--7\5-3p0------------|
B|------------1---0----|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

Guitar 2
                G
E|---------------------|
B|--3/1p0--------------|
G|--4/2p0-------0------|
D|--------2p0----------|
A|------------2--------|
E|----------------3----|

[Instrumental]

   G                C    C/B   Am7  C/G  D
E|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------0--|
A|------------0---2---3-----2-----0-------------|
E|--------------------------------------3-------|

   D                 C            G
E|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------0----------------|
D|-------------------------0h2------------------|
A|------------0---2---3-------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------3----------|