Key:
Introduction:
Am G Bm
Intro:
Am G Bm Am
e -0--0-0--0--0--2--0-2--3--3--2-0------------------0-0--0--0--2--0-2---------
B -1--1-1--1--1--1--1-1--0--0--0-0-3-1-0-----0-1----1-1--1--1--1--1-1---------
G Bm
e --3-----2-----0---------------
B ----0-----0-----0---3-1---0h1-
Am C( C/D) G ( Bm)
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
Em C( C/D) G ( Bm)
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
Am C G ( Bm)
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
Em C G
I'll be here a while
VERSE 1
Bm Em
Far is solace in the maddening pace
Bm Em
Sad state written on my face
C ( G) ( Bm) ( G)
Not a tight rope walk but dance
G ( Bm)
Uncertain game of chance
( Em) C G
But I'll see it through in time
CHORUS
Am C( C/D) G ( Bm)
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
Em C( C/D) G ( Bm)
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
Am C G ( Bm)
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
Em C G ( Bm)
I'll be here a while
VERSE 2
Bm
And if a person, place or thing can deliver
Em
I would quiver with delight
Bm
Tempted by the hand that could
Em
Blind my vision and sight
C G ( Bm) ( G)
But at twenty years of age
G Bm Em
In frolic and in rage
( Em) C G
I will see it through in time
CHORUS
Am C( C/D) G ( Bm)
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
Em C( C/D) G ( Bm)
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
Am C G ( Bm)
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
Em C G ( Bm)
I'll be here a while
VERSE 3
Bm Em
But the dawn has come into the endless night
Bm Em
And everything's gonna be all right
C ( G) ( Bm) ( G)
But at thirty years of age
G ( Bm) ( Em)
Through frolic and in rage
( Em) C G
All regressed and healed in time
ENDING