Chords for John Mellencamp - Minutes to Memories (LIVE)

[G] How many of you people here are under 30 years old [N] tonight?
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There's some dude down here who's at least twice my age who has his hand raised up.
Yeah, I'm under 30.
Yeah.
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_ _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ Now, the reason I bring that up, you [Ab] know,
[G] you _ guys that are under 30 are getting ready to take over what us baby boomers left behind. _
Which [C] _ in [Em] some places ain't too [C] sweet, I can tell you that.
[G] _ _ _ So all I'm gonna do is suggest that you have a little compassion for your people,
for these younger people trying to take over here, and that we show compassion to each other. _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _ [C] _ [Em] _
But I also want to say, us older guys ain't done yet.
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_ _ _ On a [D] greyhound [C] thirty miles down [G] Jamestown
Saw the sunset [C] on the Tennessee line
[G] Looked at [D] the young man [C] who was riding beside [G] him
_ [D] Said I'm old kind [C] of worn out inside
[G] _ Did you hear that?
Didn't sound good. _
_ [Em] _ _ [C] _ [G] I'm old kind of worn out inside
I _ _ _ _ _ worked my whole life [C] in the steel mills near [G] Gary
My father [C] before me, I helped build this land
[G] _ Now I'm 77, [C] oh God is my witness
[G] I earned every dollar [C] that passed through my [G] hand _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Am] My family and friends [G] are the best things I've [Am] known
In the eye of the needle, [G] I carry them on _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [C] _ There's 200 [G] minutes and minutes to memories
[Am] Life's a way [G] of the dreams that we plan _
_ [C] You are [G] young and you are the future
[Am] So suck it up and tough it [D] out and be _
The [G] best you can, _ _ [C] _ _
[G] be the best you can
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_ [G] _ _ Rain hit [Em] the old [C] dog in the twilight's last [G] gleaming
He said son it sounds [C] like rattling old [G] bones
This highway's long but I know some matter longer
Son of tomorrow, I [C] guess I'll be home
_ [G] _ Through the hills of Kentucky, [C] across the Ohio River
[G] The old man kept [Em] talking [C] about his life and his [G] times
He fell [A] asleep [C] with his head against the window
[G] Said an honest man's [C] pillow is his peace of mind
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This world [G] offers riches and riches through growings _
[C] And I [G] don't take stock in those uncertain things _
_ _ _ _ [C] There's 200 [G] minutes and minutes to [Am] memories
Life's a way of [G] the dreams that we plan
_ _ _ [C] You are [G] young and you are the future
[Am] So suck it up and tough it out [Dm] and be
The _ [G] best you can, _ [C] be [G] the best you _ _ [C] can
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_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ Now that I'm older I [C] can see he was right
[G] _ _ I _ [C] _ can [G] see he was right
But _ _ _ _ _ it's another [Em] hard [C] one out on highway [G] 11
This is my life, this is [C] what I've chosen to do
[G] _ _ There's no free [C] rides and no one said it'd be [G] easy
The old man told me this [C] my son I'm telling it to [G] you _ _ _
There's _ _ _ [C] _ _
200 [G] minutes and minutes to memories
_ [Am] _ Life's a way of the [G] dreams that we plan
_ [C] You are [G] young and you are the future
[Am] So suck it up and tough it [D] out and be
The [G] best you can
_ [C] _ I hope you all can [G] be the best you can
[C] _ Be [G] the best you can
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