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