Key: Bb
Introduction: Gm Eb Gm Eb Bb F
Gm
Tired at twenty years old
Eb F Gm
Memory collecting before his time
Recall the old stomping ground
Eb F Gm
I see a tear welling up in his eye
Dm Bb Dm Eb
No you can't cheat time
Gm Dm Bb Eb Dm
Don't let that control your life
Gm Dm Bb Dm Eb
Hold your breath close your eyes
Eb F
Just jump in the water is fine
Gm
These pleas fall on deaf ears
Eb F
Ears that were once tuned to truth
Gm
A dated washed up old man
Eb
Has seen it all nothing
F Gm
else for him to do
Dm Bb Dm Eb
No you can't cheat time
Gm Dm Bb
Don't let that control your
Eb Dm Gm Dm
life Goes over your head
Bb Dm Eb
look over your shoulder
Eb
When you look back you're
F
that much older
Eb
It slips away
Gm Dm Bb Eb
Be what you're becoming
It slips away
Gm Dm Bb Eb
And not who you were
It slips away
Gm Dm Bb Eb
Grab hold of the here
and now while you
F
still have the chance
Gm
So are you giving up now?
Eb
As for adventures you've
F Gm
had your fill Who says
you're over the hill?
Eb
I think it was you
F Gm
and you know very well
Dm Bb Dm Eb
No you can't cheat time
Gm Dm Bb
Don't let that control your
Eb Dm Gm Dm
life Goes over your head
Bb Dm Eb
look over your shoulder
Eb
When you look back you're
F
that much older
Eb
It slips away
Gm Dm Bb Eb
Be what you're becoming
It slips away
Gm Dm Bb Eb
And not who you were
It slips away
Gm Dm Bb Eb
Grab hold of the here
and now while you
F
still have the chance
Gm
You're holding yourself back
Eb Gm
Turn your face to the day
Eb
When you could be doing anything
Gm
Don't just dig your own grave
Eb
When will you trust yourself?
Gm
Take with you what you learn
The same as I do
Eb F
Be yourself not who you were
I want to see You use your
Gm Eb Gm Eb Bb F Eb
then
Gm Dm Bb Dm Eb
It slips away
Gm Dm Bb Eb
Be what you're becoming
It slips away
Gm Dm Bb Eb
And not who you were
It slips away
Gm Dm Bb Eb
Grab hold of the here
and now while you
F Gm
still have the chance