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