Old bones
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You won’t make old bones, you won’t make old bones,
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you
won’t make old bones, you’ll see.
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1. When I was young me father said to me, he said to me,
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he said, “Never take advice when it comes for free.
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‘Cause you can have all the riches of the
golden kind,
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but without the riches
of your peace of mind.”
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You won’t make old bones, you won’t make old bones,
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you
won’t make old bones, you’ll see. + G - A
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2. And as the old men sit and curse time’s slipping sand, slipping sand,
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I sit and curse the time upon my hand.
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And the north wind blows like
a song of the sea,
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the song that it
carries comes plain to me. + CHORUS + G - A
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3. Now, there are some folks make remarks on me furrows and frowns,
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me
furrows and frowns,
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and say
the only way to get up is when they turn you down.
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Oh, but everybody gives the
same advice,
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they
say go and sign up for a soldiers life, or... + CHORUS + G - A
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4. Well, I went to the army like everybody told me to do, told me to do,
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they
said, “We’d love to make a soldier out of you.”
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Oh, before I put my name on the line,
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me
father’s words come to me in time, he said ....
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You won’t make old bones, you won’t make old bones,
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you
won’t make old bones, you’ll see. + G - A - D - G - A
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5. I said, “Your guns and your drums are not for the likes of me,
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the likes of me,
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for
me future it might look bleaker than bleak can be.
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Because you talk of many more and
much too few,
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when
all I wanted was a job to do.” + CHORUS + G - A - D - G - A
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6. So, people in power and positions, I tell you beware, I tell you
beware,
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of
your facts and your figures to tell you what went where.
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Because your facts and
your figures are the likes of me,
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and
don’t try and tell me how me life should be.
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(orig.
= capo
4th) (Jez
Lowe)