Вступление
Nice tune that wound up in my discovery-weekly playlist.
Live version (Capo on 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkuDfCI0YOQ
[VERSE 1]
GCDG
I had a bad night. I mean not so bad, I thought I was king of the world
GCDG
And I drank 'til daylight. I mean I never stopped once til my hands finally fell
BmAmG
And I fought my daytime self with a mighty dose of, "Hey, look at the night time me!"
BmAmG
I never do win that battle. But I fight it over and over and over and over, it seems
[VERSE 2]
GCDG
And I saw an old man smilin on a park bench feedin the pigeons
GCDG
And my head was spinning. As my young body ached I wished for an old man vision
BmAmG
And I watched the way he move--slow serene and lucky to be alive
BmAmGG7
And I thought to myself, "I'm never gonna make it that far with too many nights like last night."
[CHORUS 1]
CDGG7
And I rather be 75 and sunny, than acting like i was 17 and freezing again
CDGG7
I'd rather be up early in the morning, than up late at night erasing memories of where I've been
CDEm
Or to be through at 52 someday stone-faced and bleary-eyed
CDCG
You better believe I'm living for the moment but my moment's growing bigger by and by
[VERSE 3]
GCDG
And I've got a best friend, She don't drink or smoke like I've been known to
GCDG
Shes got religion, shes a one-women dynamo and shines a light in every room she goes to
BmAmG
She says the light that's there won't go nowhere, no way
BmAmGG7
She don't spend every second smiling, but she learning something exciting every day
[CHORUS 2]
CDGG7
She rather be 75 and sunny, than 29 with a chance of showers all the time
CDGG7
She rather be old as dirt than new as any $9 bottle of wine
CDEm
Or to be thawed at 35, mama, stoned with her back to the wind
CDCG
You better believe she is living for the moment but her moment is the whole damn thing
[VERSE 4]
(Modulation: whole step up)
ADEA
And I see these spin kids, double wide-eyed and rolling and rolling and tumbling
ADEA
There roaming in inches, taken the high dive approach and screaming towards the water
C#mBmA
Their hearts race a million miles as they buy another smile from a jar
C#mBmAA7
Their bodies are screaming for the water and, you know, I just hope they can make it that far
[CHORUS 3]
DEA
I hope they're 75 and sunny, not 29 with a chance flurries all the time
DEAA7
I hope we're all old as dirt, not new as any $25 trip that we can try
DEF#m
Or to be thawed at 35, mama stoned with our backs to the wind
DEDA
You better believe I'm living for moment, son, but my moment is the whole damn thing
[BRIDGE]
(Modulation: whole step down)
CG
And I say I'd rather be 75, oh how nice, oh how easy for me to say
CG
I've never broken a bone in my life, let alone had my heart or a hip replaced
EmC
And I keep this furious pace, and I still feel so good and strong
Em
And I still get tempted for a taste, just a taste to keep me
DCBmAm
going, going, going, going
DCBmAm
going, going, going, going
DCBmAmG
going, going, going, going, gone
[VERSE 5]
GCDG
But I've I got a notion, That everything I learned coming 'round
GCDGG7
And my devotion to the new thing and the next thing and the hip thing is slowing down
BmAmGG7
And I've got a light in here won't go nowhere, no way
BmAmGG7
And I don't spend every second smiling and I ain't tryin', but I'm excited for every day, every day
[CHORUS 4]
CDG
'Cause I'd rather be 75 and sunny, Than 29 with a chance of showers all the time
CDGG7
I'd rather be old and in the way than this year's new kid running for my life
CDEm
Or to be thawed at 35, mama, stoned faced and bleary-eyed
CD
You better believe I'm living for the moment, but my moment...
CD
You better believe I'm living for the moment, but these moments...
CD
You better believe I'm living for the moment, but my moment's growing bigger
G
By and by...
G
By and by
