Chords for John Mellencamp - Minutes to Memories (Live at Farm Aid 2022)
Tempo:
119 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
B
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E]
[D] [A] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E]
[B] [E]
[A] [E] On the 3rd and [D] 35th [A] avenue on [E] Jamestown, we saw the sunset [D] on the Tennessee [A] line.
[E] Looked at the young [D] man who was riding [A] beside him.
[E] He said, I'm okay, [D] I don't want to [A] go down inside.
[E] Worked my whole life and he still [A] means nickery.
[E] My father before [A] me, I helped build this land.
[E] Now 77, oh God, is my witness.
I earned every dollar [A] that I had.
[B] My family and friends [A] are the best things I've known.
[B] The eyes of youth [A] are telling.
[E] After the minutes [D] and [A] minutes and memories,
[E] I think of the way the [D] things that we [A] had were had.
[E] You are young [D] and you [A] are the future.
[B] So suck it up and dump it out.
Be the best you can.
[E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E] Rain until [D] dawn and the [A] twilight's last gleaming.
[E] He said, silence [D] sounds like rattling [A] old bones.
[E] This highway's longer, [D] don't [A] matter longer.
[E] By 7 up tomorrow, [D] I guess [A] I'll be home.
[E] The hills of Kentucky [A] crossed the [C#m] Ohio River.
[E] The old man kept talking about his life and [A] his time.
[E] He fell asleep with his head [C#m] in the window.
[E] Sitting on his man's pillow, [A] his peace and quiet.
[B] He threw off his riches [A] and riches were always.
[B] But now I don't fix not in [A] those sunsets.
[E] After the minutes [D] and minutes [A] and memories,
[E] I think of the way the [A] things that we had were had.
[E] You are young [D] and you [A] are the future.
[B] So suck it up and dump it out.
Be the best you can.
[E]
[B] [C#m] [E]
[A] [C#m] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E] The old man in the dream, it's hard for me [A] to follow.
[E] I do think it's my way, being awfully [A] high priced.
[E] When I think back on the old man [A] in the bus [E] ride,
now that I'm older I can see [A] his ride.
[E]
[B]
[A] Out on highway 11, [B] my life is [A] what I've chosen to do.
[B] There's no free rides, [A] no one said it'd be easy.
[B] The old man told me, it's my [A] self-reliance.
[E] After the minutes [D] and minutes [A] and memories,
[E] I think of the way the [D] things that we [A] had were had.
[E] You are young [D] and you [A] are the future.
[B] So suck it up and dump it out.
Be the best you can.
[E] [D] [A] [E]
[D] [A] [E]
[A] [E]
[D] [A] [E]
[N]
[A] [E]
[A] [E]
[D] [A] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E]
[B] [E]
[A] [E] On the 3rd and [D] 35th [A] avenue on [E] Jamestown, we saw the sunset [D] on the Tennessee [A] line.
[E] Looked at the young [D] man who was riding [A] beside him.
[E] He said, I'm okay, [D] I don't want to [A] go down inside.
[E] Worked my whole life and he still [A] means nickery.
[E] My father before [A] me, I helped build this land.
[E] Now 77, oh God, is my witness.
I earned every dollar [A] that I had.
[B] My family and friends [A] are the best things I've known.
[B] The eyes of youth [A] are telling.
[E] After the minutes [D] and [A] minutes and memories,
[E] I think of the way the [D] things that we [A] had were had.
[E] You are young [D] and you [A] are the future.
[B] So suck it up and dump it out.
Be the best you can.
[E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E] Rain until [D] dawn and the [A] twilight's last gleaming.
[E] He said, silence [D] sounds like rattling [A] old bones.
[E] This highway's longer, [D] don't [A] matter longer.
[E] By 7 up tomorrow, [D] I guess [A] I'll be home.
[E] The hills of Kentucky [A] crossed the [C#m] Ohio River.
[E] The old man kept talking about his life and [A] his time.
[E] He fell asleep with his head [C#m] in the window.
[E] Sitting on his man's pillow, [A] his peace and quiet.
[B] He threw off his riches [A] and riches were always.
[B] But now I don't fix not in [A] those sunsets.
[E] After the minutes [D] and minutes [A] and memories,
[E] I think of the way the [A] things that we had were had.
[E] You are young [D] and you [A] are the future.
[B] So suck it up and dump it out.
Be the best you can.
[E]
[B] [C#m] [E]
[A] [C#m] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E] The old man in the dream, it's hard for me [A] to follow.
[E] I do think it's my way, being awfully [A] high priced.
[E] When I think back on the old man [A] in the bus [E] ride,
now that I'm older I can see [A] his ride.
[E]
[B]
[A] Out on highway 11, [B] my life is [A] what I've chosen to do.
[B] There's no free rides, [A] no one said it'd be easy.
[B] The old man told me, it's my [A] self-reliance.
[E] After the minutes [D] and minutes [A] and memories,
[E] I think of the way the [D] things that we [A] had were had.
[E] You are young [D] and you [A] are the future.
[B] So suck it up and dump it out.
Be the best you can.
[E] [D] [A] [E]
[D] [A] [E]
[A] [E]
[D] [A] [E]
[N]
Key:
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E
D
B
C#m
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E
D
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[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
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[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ On the 3rd and [D] 35th [A] avenue on [E] Jamestown, we saw the sunset [D] on the Tennessee [A] line.
[E] _ Looked at the young [D] man who was riding [A] beside him.
[E] He said, I'm okay, [D] I don't want to [A] go down inside.
[E] _ Worked my whole life and he still [A] means nickery.
[E] My father before [A] me, I helped build this land.
[E] Now 77, oh God, is my witness.
I earned every dollar [A] that I _ had.
[B] My family and friends [A] are the best things I've known.
[B] The eyes of youth [A] are telling.
_ [E] _ After the minutes [D] and [A] minutes and memories,
[E] I think of the way the [D] things that we [A] had were had.
[E] You are young [D] and you [A] are the future.
[B] So suck it up and dump it out.
Be the best you can.
[E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ Rain until [D] dawn and the [A] twilight's last gleaming.
[E] He said, silence [D] sounds like rattling [A] old bones.
[E] This highway's longer, [D] don't [A] matter longer.
[E] By 7 up tomorrow, [D] I guess [A] I'll be home.
[E] The hills of Kentucky [A] crossed the [C#m] Ohio River.
[E] The old man kept talking about his life and [A] his time.
[E] He fell asleep with his head [C#m] in the window.
[E] Sitting on his man's pillow, [A] his peace and quiet.
[B] He threw off his riches [A] and riches were always.
[B] But now I don't fix not in [A] those sunsets.
_ [E] After the minutes [D] and minutes [A] and memories,
[E] I think of the way the [A] things that we had were had.
[E] You are young [D] and you [A] are the future.
[B] So suck it up and dump it out.
Be the best you can. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
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[B] _ [C#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] The old man in the dream, it's hard for me [A] to follow.
_ [E] I do think it's my way, being awfully [A] high priced.
[E] When I think back on the old man [A] in the bus [E] ride,
now that I'm older I can see [A] his ride.
[E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[A] Out on highway 11, [B] _ my life is [A] what I've chosen to do.
[B] There's no free rides, [A] no one said it'd be easy.
[B] The old man told me, it's my [A] self-reliance.
_ _ [E] _ _ After the minutes [D] and minutes [A] and memories,
[E] I think of the way the [D] things that we [A] had were had.
[E] You are young [D] and you [A] are the future.
[B] So suck it up and dump it out.
Be the best you can.
[E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
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[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ On the 3rd and [D] 35th [A] avenue on [E] Jamestown, we saw the sunset [D] on the Tennessee [A] line.
[E] _ Looked at the young [D] man who was riding [A] beside him.
[E] He said, I'm okay, [D] I don't want to [A] go down inside.
[E] _ Worked my whole life and he still [A] means nickery.
[E] My father before [A] me, I helped build this land.
[E] Now 77, oh God, is my witness.
I earned every dollar [A] that I _ had.
[B] My family and friends [A] are the best things I've known.
[B] The eyes of youth [A] are telling.
_ [E] _ After the minutes [D] and [A] minutes and memories,
[E] I think of the way the [D] things that we [A] had were had.
[E] You are young [D] and you [A] are the future.
[B] So suck it up and dump it out.
Be the best you can.
[E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ Rain until [D] dawn and the [A] twilight's last gleaming.
[E] He said, silence [D] sounds like rattling [A] old bones.
[E] This highway's longer, [D] don't [A] matter longer.
[E] By 7 up tomorrow, [D] I guess [A] I'll be home.
[E] The hills of Kentucky [A] crossed the [C#m] Ohio River.
[E] The old man kept talking about his life and [A] his time.
[E] He fell asleep with his head [C#m] in the window.
[E] Sitting on his man's pillow, [A] his peace and quiet.
[B] He threw off his riches [A] and riches were always.
[B] But now I don't fix not in [A] those sunsets.
_ [E] After the minutes [D] and minutes [A] and memories,
[E] I think of the way the [A] things that we had were had.
[E] You are young [D] and you [A] are the future.
[B] So suck it up and dump it out.
Be the best you can. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ [C#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] The old man in the dream, it's hard for me [A] to follow.
_ [E] I do think it's my way, being awfully [A] high priced.
[E] When I think back on the old man [A] in the bus [E] ride,
now that I'm older I can see [A] his ride.
[E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[A] Out on highway 11, [B] _ my life is [A] what I've chosen to do.
[B] There's no free rides, [A] no one said it'd be easy.
[B] The old man told me, it's my [A] self-reliance.
_ _ [E] _ _ After the minutes [D] and minutes [A] and memories,
[E] I think of the way the [D] things that we [A] had were had.
[E] You are young [D] and you [A] are the future.
[B] So suck it up and dump it out.
Be the best you can.
[E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
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