Ian Tyson - Fifty Years Ago guitar chord

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Date: 11/20/98; 8:56:07 PM

From: "Jim and Donna Lawrence"

Subject: t/tyson_ian/fifty years ago.crd

Song: Fifty Years Ago

Sung By: Ian Tyson

CD: ?Cowboyography? and ?All the Good ?Uns?

Written By: Ian Tyson

Transcribed By: M. Lawrence

Verse 1.

A

If I could roll back the years

D

Back when I was young and limber

A

Loose as ashes in the wind

Bm E

I had no irons in the fire

C#m

I could ride them wild young broncos

D

The adrenaline came quickly

A

And Juanita down at Mona's

E A

Was my only hearts desire

Verse 2.

A

We were living for the moment

D

And the sunlight on my silver bits

A

The ringing of my jinglebobs

Bm E

Was the music of my soul

C#m

In the alley back of Mona's

D

I held Juanita in the shadows

A

How we held on to each other

E A

And the lovin' that we stole

Chorus:

A Bm E

And the sighing of the pines

A

Up here near the timberline

D

Makes me wish I'd done things different

A

Oh, but wishing don't make it so

Bm E

Oh the time has passed so quick

A

The years all run together now

D

Did I hold Juanita yesterday

E

Was it fifty years ago

(Instrumental ? A D A E A)

Verse 3.

If I would have quit them broncos

She might have quit that business

But that was back in the fast days

You know before the wire

I bet I could still find her

Bet she's still as pretty

As when she's Juanita down at Mona's

And my only heart's desire

Repeat Chorus twice