Key: E
Introduction: G
C G
they're kicking their heels and revving their wheels searching for better times
C G
me I'm kicking into my prime
Am G
'cos I was born at the right time.
C G
2.)
Old men's thoughts are in the past their future holds no store
C G
their lives are left in tatters fighting someone else's war
C G
I wasn't party to that crime
Am G
'cos I was born at the right time.
Now I'm living on the coastline
C G
I got up from the breadline
C
now I'm drinking the good wine
F
go fishing in the summer time
C
sleep all day if I have a mind
G
'cos I was born at the right time
C G
yes I was born at the right time.
C
3.)
I want no part of being young, don't want the wisdom of a sage
C G
while there are songs still to be sung, new words to grace the page
C G
a better age I'll never find
Am G
'cos I was born at the right time.
Now I'm living on the coastline
C G
I got up from the breadline
C
now I'm drinking the good wine
F
go fishing in the summer time
C
sleep all day if I have a mind
G
'cos I was born at the right time.
C G
4.)
And so while wishing that we'll all see better days
Am F
my secret feeling is I'm happy in my ways
C Am G
an inner smile comes on me thinking of the past
Am F
but I won't sigh for days gone by
C
now is where I'm at.
Now I'm living on the coastline
C G
I got up from the breadline
C
now I'm drinking the good wine
F
go fishing in the summer time
C
sleep all day if I have a mind
G
'cos I was born at the right time
C G
yes I was born at the right time.
C
and I'm sleeping on the coastline
C G
I got up from the breadline
C
now I'm drinking the good wine
F
go fishing in the summer time
C
sleep all day if I have a mind
G
'cos I was born at the right time
C
I was born at the right time
C
I was born at the right time
C
and I was born at the right time