How to Play "Thirty Summers" Guitar chords

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INTRO: A  D  A  E  A  D  A  E  A


A                     D
Caught in the vice of heaven and earth
 A                        E 
He turned his life into a cell
A                             D
Imprisoned by the doubts that hound us all
          A          E           A 
And the desires that we all know so well
    F#m          A             D                   A   
His days lost to promises, his nights he purged of dreams
         A                        E 
And he'd wake in the hours before sunrise
              D      E      A               
And dread the coming of the day

A                           D  
Never thought a man could become so desperate
A                               E
Never thought a life could lose so much hope
      A                    D  
To be tearing at the roots around you
         A            E         A  
As if in manacles, or irons, or ropes F#m A D A They say he told his children that all he taught was lost A E That love and pride and honesty D E A Were gained at too high a cost A D It's been thirty summers that I've spent with him A E And I expect thirty more to pass A D He has blessed my life in so many ways A E A That I could never turn my back F#m A But I need just one more reminder D A Of the man that he used to be A E If he would just look deep into my eyes D E A And say it's in you my love that I will find the key. OUTRO: D E A D D E A E A


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