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