Chords for Dave Evans - Be Proud Of The Gray In Your Hair

But this woman that I like to [F] do this song for, [Gbm] I'm mighty proud to have her with me.
[D] And the only song that I can think of that matches this dedication is [Dm] how we feel about one another and the friendship that we've [Db] had together down through the [Ab] years.
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[Bb] _ Sue, honey, I'm going to do this song for you.
[D] Now it's going to have a little different twist on this.
Nobody come in and try to speak the thing [B] on me.
I'm [E] _
_ _ [Bb] going to be good.
Yes, I originally recorded this.
_ _ [A] Big old Tommy Gordale, we [B] had a_
_ _ [Bb] He couldn't kick it off on the gig. _
So I was left in the middle, him.
So I said, well, okay, if you can't kick it off, Thomas.
I said, I got one coming up for you [E] to be a humdinger.
I said, if you don't kick that off, [Bb] you're a foreign fiddle player.
_ [Bbm] I'll send you back to St.
Albans to quit the train you [G] rode in on.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] But anyway, I wished, to tell you the truth, friends and neighbors, I wished I could live it all over.
[D] I've had a wonderful life, and the good Lord has been so great to me.
And I thank Him.
I don't know how much longer I can stay here with you.
_ But I was gone when it comes to that old heart operation.
Sue was there holding my hand.
And the crash cart come in the room.
She said, they hit me and zapped me back a time or two.
[B] And when I woke up, my children and Sue was all standing around [Em] my bed.
And I thought it was the resurrection, to tell you [D] the truth.
Until I looked down in front of the bed and seen the boys' mother make swine. _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ And when I [C] saw that, [Bb] no Carl, it wasn't Purgatory.
I thought [Gb] I went straight to [D] you-know-where.
_ I said, that'd be the best thing in the world.
Good Lord get eating meat right here tonight.
Looked out, turned to me, open them green eyes.
And I looked at her and I seen her and I said, oh Lord, come to you heaven now.
[Eb] _ But anyway.
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] Lay [F] down your old [C] cane. _ _ _ _
_ _ While you still can get on.
[Bbm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ Put [C] on your shoes.
Start walking.
[G] _ _ [C] And drive [D] free. _
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Well, [F] you know what it means [C] when you're lonely.
_ [Bb] _ _ [G] Oh, you know how you felt [C] when you're blue.
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Oh, there ain't no use [D] in sitting where [G] it's _ _ _ _ _ _ _ sweet.
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_ _ [Gm] So [F] lay down that old cane. Start [C] walking. _ _ _
[F] While you still can get on.
[C]
Put _ _ _ _ _ _ [F]
on your shoes.
[C] Start walking. _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [F] And _ dream _ _ _ in [C] your head. _
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F] _
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_ _ [E] Well, I [G] hope _ you all see what I'm seeing.
[Cm] _ [D] _ _
_ Mr.
[F] _ Einstein, every will [C] be _ right.
He said, man's greatest _ victory [C] is time.
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_ _ _ _ [F] So lay down _ your old cane.
_ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] While [F] you still can get on.
Have you changed? _ _
_ [G] Put on your old shoes.
_ Start [G] walking. _ _ _ _
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_ [C] Dream.
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_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ Dream in your _ head. _ _
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