Chords for Mac McAnally Meanwhile

This little thing [D] that I wrote kind of upon turning 40 years old, it [Bb] dawned on me that _
all of the time you spend fooling with things that don't matter [Gm] is directly taken away from
the things that do.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] I wish I'd caught that earlier, [Bb] _ _ _ but I'm glad I caught it at all.
_ The little song's called Meanwhile.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] A lot of [Bm] things are different than they seem.
_ _ [C] _
_ There's a [D] lot of ways [C] to wind up [G] chasing someone [C] else's dream.
_ [Em] _
Full [C] speed ahead, [G] flying blind. _
[C] _ _ _ Sometimes [Gm] the [D] things you need get [G] left behind. _ _ _
_ You can think I wanted everything.
_ _ _ _ _ Never gave much thought to all the trouble that might [C] bring.
[Em] _ _ You end up [C] counting all day [G] long.
_ [C] _ _
[G] And all that wealth leaves watching when you're wrong.
_ _ _ And [D] meanwhile, _ _ _ [C] summer turns to [G] fall.
_ _ [D] Roses _ [E] bloom and [C] fade.
[E] _ _ _ _ _
Life goes on, you [C] can't measure [A] it all by the [G] difference _ [D]
that [G] it made. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ If I was God, but of course I'm not, _ _ _ _ I wouldn't be that [C] good, but I'd [G] be easier to spy.
_ [Em] _ Maybe [C] I'd ease up on the [G] right and the wrong, _ [C] _
_ _ [G] and emphasize [D] the need [G] to get along.
_ _ _ _ Some years you can't believe how fast time runs, _ _ _ _ but I have [C] seen days you [Gm] could not kill it with [C] a gun. _
_ Maybe life's a race, [A] maybe it's a [G]
game.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] Either way it [Gbm] plays out [G] about the same. _ _
And _ meanwhile, _ _ summer [C] turns to [A] fall.
_ _ [D] _
Roses bloom and [C] fade.
[E] _ _ _ _ Life goes on, [C] you can't measure [G] it all _ [A] by the [G] difference [D] that [G] it made.
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[D] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _
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[G] _ One [C] thing we cannot [G]
afford _ [C] is _ [G] _ _ [A]
not to see how life should be its [C] own reward.
_ _ _ The good, the bad, the beauty and the [G] scars, _ [C] _ _
_ [G] count them as [D] the blessings [G] that they are.
_ _ Because [D] _
meanwhile, [E] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ roses bloom [C] and _ [E] fade. _ _ _
Life goes on, you [Am] can't measure it [G] all [Am] by the [G] difference [D] that [Em] it made.
_ [G] _ _
By the difference [E] that it [G] made. _ _ _ _ _ _
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