25 Years Chords
by Harper Blynn
25 Years by Harper Blynn is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, Fsus4, C, Bb, Gm and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: F Fsus4 F C (2x)
F
If I went home tomorrow
C
I would be obliged to borrow
Bb
A thousand little things I do not need
F
My folks, they know me well
C
But surely they'd begin to tell
Bb
I love them but their words I do not heed
Gm Bb F C
I read the books then I burned their pages
Dm F C
Found the birds screaming in their cages
Bb Dm F
Where are the young voices of all ages?
Dm C Dm
I would die to hear them sing
Bb F
F
You don't have to go the lonely way
Gm
That directs your heart with sorrow
Dm Bb F
And leads your mind in disarray
F
Don't pretend that you don't know
Dm C Bb
25 years and nothing to show
F Fsus4 F C x2
F
People from my town
C
They stop to look me up and down
Bb
And say how marvelous it must be
F
They lament the lack of money
C
And cackle about some sweet, young honey
Bb
The one they're sure is chasing after me
Gm Bb F C
Then I see the change come into their faces
Dm F C
They say, "I wish I knew such splendid places"
Bb Dm F
But life's become a string of whiffs and traces
Dm C Dm
And in my head I hear them sing
Bb F
F
You don't have to go the lonely way
Gm
That directs your heart with sorrow
Dm Bb F
And leads your mind in disarray
F
Don't pretend that you don't know
Dm C Bb
25 years and nothing to show
F Fsus4 F C x2
Dm C Bb F \ x2
Dm Bb F C /
Dm C Bb F F C \ x6
Don't believe it's crumbling /
Dm C
Bb
You don't have to go the lonely way
F C Dm C
But you go there anyway
Bb C C C C
You don't have to go the lonely way, whoa