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