minutes to memories - john mellencamp - scarecrow album Chords

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_ [E] On a greyhound thirty [D] miles [A] beyond [E] Jamestown, he saw the sunset [D] on the [A] Tennessee line.
[E] _ Looked at the young man [D] who was right [A] inside [E] him, he said, I'm the only kind of [D] a war [A] now
that's in [E] sight.
I worked my whole life [A] in the steel mills near [E] Gary, and my father before
me, I [A] helped build this land.
[E] _ Now I'm seventy-seven and with [A] God as my [E] witness, I earned every
dollar that [D] passed through [A] my hand.
[B] My family and friends [A] are the best things I've known
[B] to do out in the field.
[A] _ Gentlemen, _
[E] _ based on our minutes [D] and [A] minutes of memories, [E] life's been great, the dreams
[D] we [A] had planned.
[E] _ You are young and [D] you are [A] future.
[B] Suck it up and tough it out, be the
best you [E] can.
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_ [E] The rain hit the old dog [D] and the twilight's [A] last [E] gleaming.
He said, son, it sounds [D] like
rattling [A] old [E] bones.
This highway's long, but I know [D] some that [A] are longer.
[E] I'll soon up
tomorrow, [D] I guess [A] I'll be [E] home.
Through the hills of Kentucky, [A] across the Ohio [E] River, the old man kept talking [A] about
his life and his [E] times.
He fell asleep with [D] his head [A] against the [E] window, sitting on a
man's pillow as [A] his peace of mind. _
[B] This world offers riches, [A] riches we'll grow with.
[B] Why don't you stop getting [A] those _
uncertain [E] things?
Based on our minutes [D] and minutes [A] of memories, [E] life's been great, the
[D] dreams we [A] had planned.
[E] You are young [A] and you are the future.
[B] Suck it up and tough it out,
be the best you can.
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[E] _ The old man had a vision that was hard [A] for me to follow.
_ [E] I do things my way and I pay
a [A] high [E] price.
When I think back on the [A] old man and the bus ride, [E] now that I'm older, I
can see he was right.
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[B] This is my life.
_ [A] What to do?
[B] There's no free ride.
No one [A] said it'd be easy.
[B] Old man,
old man, he's my [A] son, I'm telling it to you.
[E] Based on our minutes [D] and minutes [A] of memories,
[E] life's been great, the [D] dreams we had [A] planned.
[E] You are young and [D] you are the [A] future.
[B] Suck
it up and tough it out, be the best you [E] can.
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