Verse
G#
When I was young my father said,
G#
There ain’t truth in the stars boy its all in your head
G#
Don't waste your time on rhythm and rhyme.
G#
Don’t listen to the beat boy you know they're lies.
Ohhh
G#
My father he was a very wise man.
Fm
There were just some things that he couldn’t understand.
C#
He told a lie when he took her hand.
G#
And he broke a promise that he couldn’t mend.
{Chorus}
G#
Lord, I’m waiting for ya,
Fm
Days are getting harder,
C#
Dreams ain’t getting farther,
G# D#sus D# G#
Blame it on my old time father.
{Verse 2}
G#
But to run away and never look back,
G#
Well the story I told is a matter of fact.
G#
Don’t need no life that would hold me down.
G#
Didn’t want no father I would need to make proud.
Ohhh
G#
He told me how to be a man.
Fm
And to face my trials with a firmer stand.
C#
Cuz i spent my years in a different way.
G#
And he gave you rules that you couldn’t obey.
{Chorus}
G#
Lord, Im waiting for ya,
Fm
Days are getting harder,
C#
Dreams ain’t getting farther,
G# D#sus D# G#
Blame it on my old time father.
G#
Lord, Im waiting for ya,
Fm
Days are getting harder,
C#
Dreams ain’t getting farther,
G# D#sus D# G#
Blame it on my old time father.
{Bridge}
G# Fm
Run, run boy run,
D# C#
Run until you can’t run farther go ahead and tell my father that I have run away.
G# Fm
Run, run boy run,
D# C#
Run until you can’t run farther go ahead and tell my father that I have run away.
G# Fm
Run, run boy run,
D# C#
Run until you can’t run farther go ahead and tell my father that I have run away.
G# Fm
Run, run boy run,
D# C#
Run until you can’t run farther go ahead and tell my father that I have run away.
{Chorus}
G#
Lord, Im waiting for ya,
Fm
Days are getting harder,
C#
Dreams ain’t getting farther,
G# D#sus D# G#
Blame it on my old time father.
G*
Lord, Im waiting for ya,
Em*
Days are getting harder,
C*
Dreams ain’t getting farther,
G* Dsus* D* G*
Blame it on my old time father.