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I can almost hear some of you say
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“You’d think he’d have more sense at his age
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The crazy old man in the old tam-o-shanter’s
        A
Getting carried away”


[Verse 2]

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Sometimes it’s almost too much to stand
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But it’s not my place to take you in hand
   E
It used to be a man and his madness
                      A
Were as sacred as the coming of day


[Verse 3]

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It’s strange how things will stick in the mind
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You’d think the years would leave them behind
    E
But long ago moments as a winner
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Kind of push the recent memories aside


[Verse 4]

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Symptomatic, you say, of old age
         A
But it’s something that nobody can gauge
   E
It may be that I’ve sorted out the memories I can keep
               A
And thrown the others away


[Chorus]

        E
There’s some who would say, “Just let him sit and decay”
      D                              A
But I really can’t believe that it’s true
        Db7
There’s bits of yourself you always have to live up to
   D                    E
If only for a moment or two


[Verse 5]

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There’s little time to spend sitting down
     A
When feeling good means moving around
    E
And I can’t be blamed if I remember my name
           A
And why it made me so proud


[Whistling Break]

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[Chorus]

        E
There’s some who would say, “Just let him sit and decay”
      D                              A
But I really can’t believe that it’s true
        Db7
There’s bits of yourself you always have to live up to
   D                    E
If only for a moment or two


[Verse 6]

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At my age I do as I choose
    A
And shouldn’t need to make an excuse
  E
I know you all feel a little famous inside
           A
And I’m no different than you
  E
I know you all feel a little famous inside
           A
And I’m no different than you


[Whistling Outro]

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