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.
Dm
There were just some things that he couldn’t understand.
A#
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,
Dm
Days are getting harder,
A#
Dreams ain’t getting farther,
F Csus 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.
Dm
And to face my trials with a firmer stand.
A#
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,
Dm
Days are getting harder,
A#
Dreams ain’t getting farther,
F Csus C F
Blame it on my old time father.
F
Lord, Im waiting for ya,
Dm
Days are getting harder,
A#
Dreams ain’t getting farther,
F Csus C F
Blame it on my old time father.
{Bridge}
F Dm
Run, run boy run,
C A#
Run until you can’t run farther go ahead and tell my father that I have run away.
F Dm
Run, run boy run,
C A#
Run until you can’t run farther go ahead and tell my father that I have run away.
F Dm
Run, run boy run,
C A#
Run until you can’t run farther go ahead and tell my father that I have run away.
F Dm
Run, run boy run,
C A#
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,
Dm
Days are getting harder,
A#
Dreams ain’t getting farther,
F Csus 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.