Chords for John McCutcheon - Old People in Love

[A] _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ [Bm] _ [A] _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ Down in the corner [C#] of [C#m] my street
[D] There is a cafe [A] [E] where they _ [F#] meet
old man out [D] of [A] cave
with a woman on his sleeve
They [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[A] _ take a back [C#m] boot side by [D] side
stardish [A] groom with his [E] tattered bride
[F#] And they lean [D] on each other when [E] they _ leave
_ _ Old people [A] in love
_ [C#m] Wonder [Bm] how they do it
[E]
[A] Old people in love
What kind [C#m] of grace [Bm] sees them [C#m] through it
[E] Old people [F#m] in love
Feeling warm, feeling [D] safe
Finding [C#m] some kind [Bm] of faith
Others [E] only dream of
Old people in [A] [C#m] love
_ _ [B]
[E] I want to dedicate this
[A] to the [C#] Philadelphia [C#m] Phillies _
[A] _ Star, _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [D] _ like some wine
Wise [A] men [E] from afar
[F#] To _ finally [D] find out what happens [A] Always [Em] knew
We [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ would end up here
[C#m] side by [A] side
[D] _ One weathered [A] groom
with his [E] wondrous bride
[F#m] _ Who's been waiting [D] his whole life
just [E] for you _ _
_ _ Old people in [A] [C#m] love
Wonder how [Bm] they do it
[E] Old [A] people in love
What [C#m] kind of grace
[Bm] sees them through [A] it
Old people in love
They're [E] still kissing in the [Bm] movies
[A] Old people in love
And he [C#m] still raves [Bm] about her beauty
[E] Old people [F#m] in love
Cause he [D] sees with the truth
He was [C#m] blind [Bm] to it, you
It's a [E] gift from above
Old people [A] in love
_ _ _ And [F#m] after all the years
[D] It's still a mighty short walk
[A] From the cradle [E] to the tomb
_ There [F#m] may be snow on the roof
[C#] But [D] there's a fire in the [A] furnace
[Bm] That can still burn [E] down every room
[A] _ _ [C#m] Let [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ the long [C#m] years have their way
_ [D] Still every [B] night [A] on my knees I [E] pray
[F#] That the first
[F#m] Last [D] thing I see
Each [A] day is you
[E] And _ _ _ _ [A] _ in that cafe
[C#m] Down on the street
[D] Where old [A] couples
Like us [E] still meet
[F#m] Oh, the young roll their [D] eyes
But still hear their [A] sighs
As they [Bm] say
Get [E] a load of those two
Old people [A] in love
[C#m] I wonder [Bm] how they do it
[A] Old people in love
[C#m] What kind of grace [Bm] sees them through [E] it
Old people [A] in love
[C#m] Old _
_ [Bm] _ [E] [A] people in love
[C#m] They're _
[Bm] _ _ [E] old people [F#m] in love
See [D] with the truth
[A] We were blind [Bm] to it, you
It's a [E] gift from [A] above
_ [E] _ [B] [A] Old people in [C#m] love
[Bm] _ _ [A] Old people in love
They're [C#m] still kissing in the [Bm] moon
[A] Old people in love
And [C#m] they're dancing in the [Bm] Waffle House
[C#m] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ [A] _ _ _ _