No Time To Cry Chords by Iris Dement

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My father died _ a [G] year ago [G] today
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_ Roosters started [C] crowing when [F] they carried dad away
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There beside my mother _ [Am] in the living room
I stood with [D] my brothers and my sisters
Knowing [G] _
dad was gone for good
Well [C] I stayed at home just long enough
[G]
To lay him in the ground
And then [Am] I caught a plane to do a [C] show
[F] Up north in Detroit town
_ [C] Because I'm older _ now
_ [G] _
_ And I've got no time to [C] cry
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] I've [F] got no time to look back
[G] I've got no time to sing
[C] The pieces of my heart that have [F] been ripped away from [D] me
And [Am] as the feeling starts to come in
[C] I've learned to stop them _ fast
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Because I don't know if I let them go
[G] They might not want to pass
And there's [C] just so many people
[G] Trying to get me on the phone
And [Am] there's bills to [C] pay and songs to play
[F] And a house to make a home
[D] I [C] guess I'm older now
[G] And _ _ I've got no time [C] to cry
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I can still remember _ [G] _
when I was a girl
_ [Am]
So _ many [C] things have changed [F] so much here
In my world I [C] remember
Sitting on the front yard
[Am] When an ambulance went by
[D] And just listening to those sirens
I [G] would break down and cry
But now [C] I'm walking _ and I'm talking
And I'm doing [G] just what I'm supposed to do
_ [Am] _
Working _ overtime [C] to make [F] sure that I don't come _ unglued
I [C] guess I'm older now
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_ _ And I've got no time [C] to cry
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ [F] I've got no time to look back
[G]
I've got no time to sing
[C] The pieces of my heart that have been [F] ripped away from me
[Am] And if this feeling starts to come in
[C]
I've learned to stop them fast _
[D] Because I don't know if I let them go
[G] They might not want to pass
And there's [C]
just so many people
[G] Trying to get me on the phone
[Am] And there's bills to [C] pay
And songs to play
And [F] a house to make a home
_ [C] I guess I'm older now
[G] And _ _ I've got [D] no time [C] to cry
_ [F] I _ _ [C] _
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[C] sit down on the sofa
_ [G] And I watch the evening _ news
[Am] There's a half a dozen _ [C] _ [F] tragedies
From Wench to Peckinchew
_ [G] _ [C] The baby that was missing
_ [Am] Was found in a ditch today
And [D] there's bombs [D] a-flyin'
And people a-dyin'
[G]
Not so far away now
Take a [C]
beer from the _ refrigerator
And [G] go sit out in the yard
And with [Am] a cold one in my hand
I'm gonna [F] lie down and swallow _ hearts
[C] Because I'm older _ now
[G] And _ _ I've got no time to [C]
cry
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ [F] I've got no time to look back
[G] Man, I've got no time to [D] sing
[C] The pieces of my heart that have [F] been ripped away from me
[Am] And if the feeling starts to come in
I'd learn to stop them fast
_ _ [D] I don't know if I let them go
[G] They might not want to pass
And there's [C] just so many people
Trying [G] to get me on the phone
_ [Am] And there's bills to [C] pay
And songs to play
[F] And a house to make a [F] home
I [C] guess I'm older now
_ [G] And _ _ I've got no time to [C] _
cry
_ I _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] guess [C]
I'm older now
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And just ain't got no time [C] to cry
_ _ _ _ _ [F] No _ _ _ _ _ [C] time to cry
_ _ _ No _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] time to cry
_ _ _ _ No _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] time [C] to cry _ _ _ _ _ _ _