Chords
Passing Of The Years

A  Asus4A  A2  
  A                                              C#m  
The ocean wears the rocks into sand,
  D                                      A  
Seasons change upon the land,
  A                                 C#m  
Once a boy but now a man,
        D                                            E  
I look back on the years
A                                            C#m  
I think of all my family who
  D                                      A  
Came and went before I knew,
F#m                                                      C#m  
        They had dreams just like I do,
                  D                                                 E  
How I wish I'd known them all.
                        D  
And the songs we sing,
                        E  
And the tunes we play,
                A              E            F#m  
Have echoed out before,
          D                                                      E  
On moonlit nights or on stormy seas,
                  F#m                                         A  
On the land or far from shore
                  D                                              E  
As my fingers play these notes,
                        A                    E                    F#m  
And the memories draw the tears,
        Bm              C#m            Bm    D  
I think of all my family
                        E                                      A  
And the passing of the years.
A  Asus4A  A2  
  A                                         C#m  
Somewhere in the years gone by,
          D                                            A  
My parents they were girl and boy,
  A                                                 C#m  
Together they would laugh and cry,
                          D                                                 E  
As they journeyed on through life
             A                                      C#m  
But time goes by and hair turns gray,
     D                                         A  
Children grow and move away,
F#m                                            C#m  
     Young I wish they both could stay,
             D                                      E  
But that could never be.
  Pre-Chorus
             D                                                 E  
And all the things I've learned from them
        A            E              F#m  
I never will forget,
             D                                                    E  
The times that they were proud of me,
                        F#m                                      A  
And the times they were upset
                  D                                              E  
As my fingers play these notes,
                        A                    E                    F#m  
And the memories draw the tears,
        Bm              C#m            Bm    D  
I think of all my family
                        E                                      A  
And the passing of the years.
A                                                      C#m  
My grandparents were special, too,
                D                                              A  
They sang old songs that no one knew,
  A                                                            C#m  
They'd always smile when they saw you,
  D                                                    E  
Growing before their eyes
  A                                         C#m  
But grandparents disappear,
        D                                    A  
I miss them more every year,
F#m                              C#m  
        Sometimes I shed a tear,
          D                                      E  
To see them once again.
Pre-Chorus
                        D                                      E  
And the hands that once held us
                     A                    E                 F#m  
On the days that we were born,
                D                                            E  
Have since become all weathered,
D                         A  
Aged, and worn
                  D                                              E  
As my fingers play these notes,
                        A                    E                    F#m  
And the memories draw the tears,
        Bm              C#m            Bm    D  
I think of all my family
                        E                                      A  
And the passing of the years.
A    C#m    D    A    F#m    A    C#m    E  
  A                 C#m                                                      D  
Now as I sit and dream where my life is going
                A  
And where it's been,
        A                                      C#m  
I picture all the sites I've seen
                        D                                         E  
And the people that I've met
             A                                         C#m  
And sometimes when I start to cry,
          D                                                 A  
My mind drifts back to days gone by,
F#m                                         C#m  
There is no simple answer
             D                                      E  
Why time goes by so fast.
Pre-Chorus
                        D  
And the songs we sing,
                        E  
And the tunes we play,
                A              E            F#m  
Have echoed out before,
          D                                                      E  
On moonlit nights or on stormy seas,
                  F#m                                         A  
On the land or far from shore
                  D                                              E  
As my fingers play these notes,
                        A                    E                    F#m  
And the memories draw the tears,
        Bm              C#m            Bm    D  
I think of all my family
                        E                                      A    F#m  
And the passing of the yeeeears.
        Bm                                    D  
I think of all my family
                        E                                      A  
And the passing of the years.