Chords for Merle Haggard - No Time To Cry (1996)
Tempo:
70.4 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Am
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C]
My father died [G] a year ago today.
[Am] The roosters started crowing when [F] they carried dad away.
[C] There beside my mother [Am] in the living room I stood
[D] with my brother and my sister [G] knowing dad was gone for good.
[C] I stayed around just long enough [G] to lay him in the ground.
[Am] Then I caught a plane to do [F] a show up north in Detroit [C] town.
Cause I'm older now, [G] I ain't got no [C] time to cry.
[F] I've got no time to look back, [G] I've got no time to see
[C] the pieces of my heart that [F] have been ripped away from me.
[Am] And when the feelings start to come in, [C] I've learned to stop them fast.
[D] Cause I don't know, I let them [G] go.
They might not want to pass [C] him but just so many people
[G] trying to get me on the phone.
[Am] And there's bills to pay, songs [F] to play in the house to [C] make a home.
And I'm old, [F] [G] I ain't got no [C] time to cry.
[G] [C] I can still remember before there was a Murrow.
[Am] So many things have [G] changed, [F] so much here in my world [G] I [C] remember.
Sitting in the [A] backyard [Am] when an ambulance went [D] by.
Just [D] listening to those [G] sirens I would break down and [C] cry.
Now I'm walking and I'm talking, doing [G] just what I'm supposed to [Am] do.
Working overtime [F] to make sure I don't come [C] unglued.
Cause I'm older [A] now, [G] I ain't got no [C] time to cry.
[A] [D] I go lay down on the sofa [A] and I watch the evening news.
[Bm] There's a half a dozen [G] tragedies from which to pick and [D] choose.
The baby that was missing [Bm] was found in a ditch today.
[E] And there's bombs a-flying and people [A] dying not so far away.
[D] I'll take a beer out of the refrigerator, [A] go sit out in the yard.
[Bm] With a cold wine in my hand I'm [G] gonna bite down and swallow hard.
[D] Cause I'm older now, [A] [Bb] I ain't got no [Bm] time to cry.
[D]
[E] It's true, I guess [D] I'm older now.
[A] I just ain't got [D] no time to cry.
[G] No [D] time to cry.
[G] No [D] time to cry.
[G] No time [D] to cry.
My father died [G] a year ago today.
[Am] The roosters started crowing when [F] they carried dad away.
[C] There beside my mother [Am] in the living room I stood
[D] with my brother and my sister [G] knowing dad was gone for good.
[C] I stayed around just long enough [G] to lay him in the ground.
[Am] Then I caught a plane to do [F] a show up north in Detroit [C] town.
Cause I'm older now, [G] I ain't got no [C] time to cry.
[F] I've got no time to look back, [G] I've got no time to see
[C] the pieces of my heart that [F] have been ripped away from me.
[Am] And when the feelings start to come in, [C] I've learned to stop them fast.
[D] Cause I don't know, I let them [G] go.
They might not want to pass [C] him but just so many people
[G] trying to get me on the phone.
[Am] And there's bills to pay, songs [F] to play in the house to [C] make a home.
And I'm old, [F] [G] I ain't got no [C] time to cry.
[G] [C] I can still remember before there was a Murrow.
[Am] So many things have [G] changed, [F] so much here in my world [G] I [C] remember.
Sitting in the [A] backyard [Am] when an ambulance went [D] by.
Just [D] listening to those [G] sirens I would break down and [C] cry.
Now I'm walking and I'm talking, doing [G] just what I'm supposed to [Am] do.
Working overtime [F] to make sure I don't come [C] unglued.
Cause I'm older [A] now, [G] I ain't got no [C] time to cry.
[A] [D] I go lay down on the sofa [A] and I watch the evening news.
[Bm] There's a half a dozen [G] tragedies from which to pick and [D] choose.
The baby that was missing [Bm] was found in a ditch today.
[E] And there's bombs a-flying and people [A] dying not so far away.
[D] I'll take a beer out of the refrigerator, [A] go sit out in the yard.
[Bm] With a cold wine in my hand I'm [G] gonna bite down and swallow hard.
[D] Cause I'm older now, [A] [Bb] I ain't got no [Bm] time to cry.
[D]
[E] It's true, I guess [D] I'm older now.
[A] I just ain't got [D] no time to cry.
[G] No [D] time to cry.
[G] No [D] time to cry.
[G] No time [D] to cry.
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ My father died [G] a year ago today.
[Am] The roosters started crowing when [F] they carried dad away.
_ [C] There beside my mother [Am] in the living room I stood
[D] with my brother and my sister [G] knowing dad was gone for good.
[C] I stayed around just long enough [G] to lay him in the ground.
[Am] Then I caught a plane to do [F] a show up north in Detroit [C] town.
Cause I'm older now, [G] _ I ain't got no [C] time to cry. _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] I've got no time to look back, [G] I've got no time to see
[C] the pieces of my heart that [F] have been ripped away from me.
[Am] And when the feelings start to come in, [C] I've learned to stop them fast.
[D] Cause I don't know, I let them [G] go.
They might not want to pass [C] him but just so many people
[G] trying to get me on the phone.
[Am] And there's bills to pay, songs [F] to play in the house to [C] make a home.
And I'm old, _ [F] _ [G] I ain't got no [C] time to cry. _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ I can still remember before there was a Murrow.
[Am] So many things have [G] changed, [F] so much here in my world [G] I [C] remember.
Sitting in the [A] backyard [Am] when an ambulance went [D] by.
Just [D] listening to those [G] sirens I would break down and [C] cry.
Now I'm walking and I'm talking, doing [G] just what I'm supposed to [Am] do.
Working overtime [F] to make sure I don't come [C] unglued.
Cause I'm older [A] now, [G] I ain't got no [C] time to cry. _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] I go lay down on the sofa [A] and I watch the evening news.
[Bm] There's a half a dozen [G] tragedies from which to pick and [D] choose.
The baby that was missing [Bm] was found in a ditch today.
[E] And there's bombs a-flying and people [A] dying not so far away.
[D] I'll take a beer out of the refrigerator, [A] go sit out in the yard.
[Bm] With a cold wine in my hand I'm [G] gonna bite down and swallow hard.
[D] Cause I'm older now, [A] _ [Bb] I ain't got no [Bm] time to cry.
[D] _
_ [E] It's true, I guess [D] I'm older now.
[A] I just ain't got [D] no time to cry. _ _
_ [G] _ No [D] time to cry. _ _
[G] _ _ No [D] time to cry. _ _
[G] _ _ No time [D] to cry. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ My father died [G] a year ago today.
[Am] The roosters started crowing when [F] they carried dad away.
_ [C] There beside my mother [Am] in the living room I stood
[D] with my brother and my sister [G] knowing dad was gone for good.
[C] I stayed around just long enough [G] to lay him in the ground.
[Am] Then I caught a plane to do [F] a show up north in Detroit [C] town.
Cause I'm older now, [G] _ I ain't got no [C] time to cry. _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] I've got no time to look back, [G] I've got no time to see
[C] the pieces of my heart that [F] have been ripped away from me.
[Am] And when the feelings start to come in, [C] I've learned to stop them fast.
[D] Cause I don't know, I let them [G] go.
They might not want to pass [C] him but just so many people
[G] trying to get me on the phone.
[Am] And there's bills to pay, songs [F] to play in the house to [C] make a home.
And I'm old, _ [F] _ [G] I ain't got no [C] time to cry. _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ I can still remember before there was a Murrow.
[Am] So many things have [G] changed, [F] so much here in my world [G] I [C] remember.
Sitting in the [A] backyard [Am] when an ambulance went [D] by.
Just [D] listening to those [G] sirens I would break down and [C] cry.
Now I'm walking and I'm talking, doing [G] just what I'm supposed to [Am] do.
Working overtime [F] to make sure I don't come [C] unglued.
Cause I'm older [A] now, [G] I ain't got no [C] time to cry. _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] I go lay down on the sofa [A] and I watch the evening news.
[Bm] There's a half a dozen [G] tragedies from which to pick and [D] choose.
The baby that was missing [Bm] was found in a ditch today.
[E] And there's bombs a-flying and people [A] dying not so far away.
[D] I'll take a beer out of the refrigerator, [A] go sit out in the yard.
[Bm] With a cold wine in my hand I'm [G] gonna bite down and swallow hard.
[D] Cause I'm older now, [A] _ [Bb] I ain't got no [Bm] time to cry.
[D] _
_ [E] It's true, I guess [D] I'm older now.
[A] I just ain't got [D] no time to cry. _ _
_ [G] _ No [D] time to cry. _ _
[G] _ _ No [D] time to cry. _ _
[G] _ _ No time [D] to cry. _ _ _