Am
G
Bm
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 nowhereAm
C
G
(Bm
) I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhereEm
C
G
I'll be here a while VERSE 1Bm
Em
Far is solace in the maddening paceBm
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 nowhereAm
C
G
(Bm
) I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhereEm
C
G
(Bm
) I'll be here a while VERSE 2Bm
And if a person, place or thing can deliver Em
I would quiver with delightBm
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 nowhereAm
C
G
(Bm
) I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhereEm
C
G
(Bm
) I'll be here a while VERSE 3Bm
Em
But the dawn has come into the endless nightBm
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 Am
C
(C/D
) G
(Bm
)