75 And Sunny

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I had a bad night. I mean not so 
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bad, I thought I was king of the 
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world
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And I drank 'til daylight. I mean 
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I never stopped once til my hands
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 finally fell
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And I fought my daytime self with a
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 mighty dose of, "Hey, look at the 
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night time me!"
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I never do win that battle. But I 
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fight it over and over and over and
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 over, it seems


[VERSE 2]
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And I saw an old man smilin on a 
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park bench feedin the pigeons
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And my head was spinning. As my 
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young body ached I wished for an 
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old man vision
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And I watched the way he 
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move--slow serene and lucky to be 
alive
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And I thought to myself, "I'm never
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 gonna make it that far with too 
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many nights like last night."


[CHORUS 1]
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And I rather be 75 and sunny, than
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 acting like i was 17 and freezing 
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again
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I'd rather be up early in the 
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morning, than up late at night 
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erasing memories of where I've been
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Or to be through at 52 someday 
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stone-faced and bleary-eyed
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You better believe I'm living for 
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the moment but my moment's growing 
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bigger by and by


[VERSE 3]
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And I've got a best friend, She 
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don't drink or smoke like I've been 
known to
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Shes got religion, shes a one-women
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 dynamo and shines a light in 
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every room she goes to
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She says the light that's there 
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won't go nowhere, no way
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She don't spend every second 
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smiling, but she learning something
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 exciting every day
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[CHORUS 2]
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She rather be 75 and sunny, than 
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29 with a chance of showers all the 
time
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She rather be old as dirt than new
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 as any $9 bottle of wine
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         C                     D  
Or to be thawed at 35, mama, 
                        Em
stoned with her back to the wind
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You better believe she is living 
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for the moment but her moment is 
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the whole damn thing


[VERSE 4]
(Modulation: whole step up)
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And I see these spin kids, double 
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wide-eyed and rolling and rolling
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 and tumbling
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There roaming in inches, taken the
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 high dive approach and screaming 
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towards the water
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Their hearts race a million miles 
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as they buy another smile from a jar
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Their bodies are screaming for the 
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water and, you know, I just hope 
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they can make it that far


[CHORUS 3]
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I hope they're 75 and sunny, not 
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29 with a chance flurries all the 
time
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I hope we're all old as dirt, not 
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new as any $25 trip that we can try
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         D                  E     
Or to be thawed at 35, mama stoned
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 with our backs to the wind
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You better believe I'm living for 
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moment, son, but my moment is the 
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whole damn thing


[BRIDGE]
(Modulation: whole step down)
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And I say I'd rather be 75, oh how 
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nice, oh how easy for me to say
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I've never broken a bone in my 
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life, let alone had my heart or a 
hip replaced
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And I keep this furious pace, and I
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 still feel so good and strong
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And I still get tempted for a taste,
 just a taste to keep me
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going, going, going, going
D      C      Bm     Am
going, going, going, going
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going, going, going, going, gone


[VERSE 5]
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But I've I got a notion, That 
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everything I learned coming 'round
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And my devotion to the new thing 
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and the next thing and the hip 
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thing is slowing down
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And I've got a light in here won't 
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go nowhere, no way
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And I don't spend every second 
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smiling and I ain't tryin', but I'm
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 excited for every day, every day


[CHORUS 4]
                     C             
'Cause I'd rather be 75 and sunny, 
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Than 29 with a chance of showers all
 the time
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I'd rather be old and in the way 
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than this year's new kid running 
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for my life
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Or to be thawed at 35, mama, 
            Em
stoned faced and bleary-eyed
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You better believe I'm living for 
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the moment, but my moment...
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You better believe I'm living for 
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the moment, but these moments...
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You better believe I'm living for 
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the moment, but my moment's growing 
bigger
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By and by...
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By and by