Chords for John Prine - Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age - Standard Songs for Average People

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[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ Well, don't be ashamed of your age.
_ _ [A] Don't let the years get you down.
_ [D] The old gang you knew, [G] they [E] still think of you [A] as a rounder in your old [D] hometown. _
_ _ [G] Don't mind the gray in [C] your hair.
_ [A] Think of all the fun you had [D] putting it there.
_ [C] As for that old book of time, [G] you've never skipped [E] a page.
[A] So don't [D] be ashamed of [G] your [E] age, brother.
_ [A] Don't [D] be ashamed of [G] your age.
_ [C] _ _ [C#] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ Now listen, Mr.
Smith and Mr.
Brown. _
_ _ [A] Don't let your age get you down.
_ [D] You know life ain't begun [G] until [E] you're 40, son.
[A] That's when you really start to go [D] to town. _
_ _ [G] Don't wish that you [C] were a lad.
Why, [A] boy, you lost more cows than they [D] ever had.
_ _ [C] You graduated [G] from that old [E] sucker state.
[A] So don't [D] be ashamed [G] of your age, brother.
[A] _ [D] Don't be ashamed [G] of your [E] age.
_ [A] We're [D] not ashamed [G] of our age. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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