Chords for Iris DeMent - No Time To Cry

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_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] My father died, _ _
_ [G] he was so sad. _
[Am] _ We shared a starry cross when [F] they carried dad away. _
_ [C] There was a son, my mother, _ _ [Am] and a wife from my son. _
[D] My brothers and [G] my sisters know that dad was gone for good.
_ [C] _ Stayed at home just long enough _ [G] to lay him and a frown.
_ [Am] _ Caught a plane that took a show [F] to a northern Detroit town.
So [C] I'm going now, _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ got no [C] time to cry.
[G] _ _ [C] _
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_ [F] _ _ _ No time to wait, got [G] no time to see. _ _
_ [C] He's a [F] downright _ _ _ _ _ _ big _ _ deal [Am] _ as far as the coming, _ [C] I've learned.
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[D] I don't know [G] about where to go, and my child wants me to stay. _ _
_ [C] So many people are trying [G] to get me on a song. _
[Am] There's little to say, _ songs to play [F] to help me make a home.
I [C] guess I'm old now, _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ I've got no [C] time to cry.
_ [G] I _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ can still remember _ [G] back when I was a _ girl.
[Am] _ So many things have changed [F] so much here in my world.
I remember [C] _ this was my front porch, [Em] the [Am] wind down your waist went by. _
_ [D] Dad's sitting in [G] his old star-cruiser, break right down and cry.
_ [C] _ Now I'm walking and talking, _ [G] feeling what I'm supposed to do. _
_ [Am] _ Working for a client, six-year [F]-old coming through. _
_ [C] _ _ I'm old now, _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ I've got no [C] time to cry.
[G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Em] I've [F] got _ no time to wait and [G] _ _ _ see.
_ [C] _
_ He's a long [Dm] [C] way _
[F] _ _ _ from _ me.
It's [Am] a feeling starting to come [Bm] in, [C] I've learned to stop and think. _
_ [D] I don't know [Em] about [D] where to [G] go, and my child wants me to stay. _
_ [C] _ So many people are [G] trying to get me on a song.
_ [Am] There's little to say, _ songs to [F] play to help me make a home.
[C] I guess I'm old now, _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ I ain't got no [C] time to cry.
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_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[F] [C] Now I sit down on the sofa, _
[G] and I watch the evening _ _ news.
[Am] The laughter, the tragedy, _ _ [F] where did it get you? _
[C] The baby that was missing, _ found [Am] in a ditch. _ _
I'm [D] scared of falling, flying, [G] being low-dying.
Got so far away, I'm [C] taking beer out of the refrigerator. _
[G] Go sit out in the yard, [D] with a [Am] cold in my hand.
I'm [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ old now, _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [G#] but I've got no _ [Am] time to cry. _
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I _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] ain't got [C] no _ time to cry. _ _
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_ [C] No time to cry. _
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[G] _ No _ time [C] to _ cry. _ _ _ _ _