Passing Of The Years

C Csus4 C Csus2 C Csus4 C Csus2 C Em The ocean wears the rocks into sand, F C Seasons change upon the land, C Em Once a boy but now a man, F G I look back on the years C Em I think of all my family who F C Came and went before I knew, Am Em They had dreams just like I do, F G How I wish I'd known them all. F And the songs we sing, G And the tunes we play, C G Am Have echoed out before, F G On moonlit nights or on stormy seas, Am C On the land or far from shore F G As my fingers play these notes, C G Am And the memories draw the tears, Dm Em Dm F I think of all my family G C And the passing of the years. C Csus4 C Csus2 C Csus4 C Csus2 C Em Somewhere in the years gone by, F C My parents they were girl and boy, C Em Together they would laugh and cry, F G As they journeyed on through life C Em But time goes by and hair turns gray, F C Children grow and move away, Am Em Young I wish they both could stay, F G But that could never be. F G And all the things I've learned from them C G Am I never will forget, F G The times that they were proud of me, Am C And the times they were upset F G As my fingers play these notes, C G Am And the memories draw the tears, Dm Em Dm F I think of all my family G C C And the passing of the years. C F C G C Am C C C Em My grandparents were special, too, F C They sang old songs that no one knew, C Em They'd always smile when they saw you, F G Growing before their eyes C Em But grandparents disappear, F C I miss them more every year, Am Em Sometimes I shed a tear, F G To see them once again. F G And the hands that once held us C G Am On the days that we were born, F G Have since become all weathered, F C Aged, and worn F G As my fingers play these notes, C G Am And the memories draw the tears, Dm Em Dm F I think of all my family G C C And the passing of the years. C Em F C Am C Em G C Em F C Am C G C C C C C Em F Now as I sit and dream where my life is going C And where it's been, C Em I picture all the sites I've seen F G And the people that I've met C Em And sometimes when I start to cry, F C My mind drifts back to days gone by, Am Em There is no simple answer F G Why time goes by so fast. F And the songs we sing, G And the tunes we play, C G Am Have echoed out before, F G On moonlit nights or on stormy seas, Am C On the land or far from shore F G As my fingers play these notes, C G Am And the memories draw the tears, Dm Em Dm F I think of all my family G C Am And the passing of the yeeeears. Dm F I think of all my family G C And the passing of the years. C E ---------------0- B -3-2-----------2- G -----2/4\2-----2- D -----------4-2-2- A ---------------0- E ---------------x-