Mellencamp John

Mellencamp John - Minutes To Memories guitar tab

John Mellencamp

Minutes to Memories (From the album "Scarecrow")

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CAPO on the 2nd FRET!

INTRO:

Guitar #1: (Repeat 4 times)

D C9

E--2-2-0-2-0-2----------0-2-0-2-0-2-(Reach with second finger)---------

B--3--------------------3----------------------------------------------

G--2--------------------0----------------------------------------------

D--0--------------------2----------------------------------------------

A--0--------------------3----------------------------------------------

E----------------------------------------------------------------------

Guitar #2: (Comes in on 3rd repetition of above)

E--2-(vibrato)----------2--3--5--7-5-3---------------------------------

On a Greyhound thirty miles beyond Jamestown

D2 C9

He saw the sun set on the Tennessee line

D2 C9

He looked at the young man who was riding beside him

D2 C9

He said I'm old kind of worn out inside

D2 C9

I worked my whole life in the steel mills of Gary

D2 C9

And my father before me I helped build this land

D2 C9

Now I'm seventy-seven and with God as my witness

D2 C9

I earned every dollar that passed through my hands

D2 C9

My family and friends are the best things I've known

A G

Through the eye of the needle I'll carry them home

A G

CHORUS:

Days turn to minutes and minutes to memories

D2 C9 G

Life sweeps away the dreams that we have planned

D2 C9 G

You are young and you are the future

D2 C9 G

So suck it up and tough it out and be the best that you can

A G

INTRO, TWICE, BOTH GUITAR PARTS

The rain hit the dog in the twilight's last gleaming

He said Son it sounds like rattling old bones

This highway is long but I know some that are longer

By sunup tomorrow I guess I'll be home

Through the hills of Kentucky 'cross the Ohio River

The old man kept talking 'bout his life and his times

He fell asleep with his head against the window

He said an honest man's pillow is his peace of mind

This world offers riches and riches will grow wings

I don't take stock in those uncertain things

CHORUS

INTRO, 4 TIMES, FIRST GUITAR ONLY

The old man had a vision but it was hard for me to follow

I do things my way and I pay a high price

When I think back on the old man and the bus ride

Now that I'm older I can see he was right

Another hot one out on highway eleven

This is my life It's what I've chosen to do

There are no free rides No one said it'd be easy

The old man told me this my son I'm telling it to you

CHORUS

FADE WITH INTRO

CHORD FORMATIONS: (CAPO on the 2nd FRET!)

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D2 x 0 0 2 3 x

C9 x 3 2 0 3 0

G 3 2 0 0 3 3

A 0 0 2 2 2 x

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