Tom: D
G C D G
I had a bad night. I mean not so bad, I thought I was king of the world
G C D G
And I drank 'til daylight. I mean I never stopped once til my hands finally fell
Bm Am G
And I fought my daytime self with a mighty dose of, "Hey, look at the night time me!"
Bm Am G
I never do win that battle. But I fight it over and over and over and over, it seems
[VERSE 2]
G C D G
And I saw an old man smilin on a park bench feedin the pigeons
G C D G
And my head was spinning. As my young body ached I wished for an old man vision
Bm Am G
And I watched the way he move--slow serene and lucky to be alive
Bm Am G G7
And I thought to myself, "I'm never gonna make it that far with too many nights like last night."
[CHORUS 1]
C D G G7
And I rather be 75 and sunny, than acting like i was 17 and freezing again
C D G G7
I'd rather be up early in the morning, than up late at night erasing memories of where I've been
C D Em
Or to be through at 52 someday stone-faced and bleary-eyed
C D C G
You better believe I'm living for the moment but my moment's growing bigger by and by
[VERSE 3]
G C D G
And I've got a best friend, She don't drink or smoke like I've been known to
G C D G
Shes got religion, shes a one-women dynamo and shines a light in every room she goes to
Bm Am G
She says the light that's there won't go nowhere, no way
Bm Am G G7
She don't spend every second smiling, but she learning something exciting every day
[CHORUS 2]
C D G G7
She rather be 75 and sunny, than 29 with a chance of showers all the time
C D G G7
She rather be old as dirt than new as any $9 bottle of wine
C D Em
Or to be thawed at 35, mama, stoned with her back to the wind
C D C G
You better believe she is living for the moment but her moment is the whole damn thing
[VERSE 4]
(Modulation: whole step up)
A D E A
And I see these spin kids, double wide-eyed and rolling and rolling and tumbling
A D E A
There roaming in inches, taken the high dive approach and screaming towards the water
C#m Bm A
Their hearts race a million miles as they buy another smile from a jar
C#m Bm A A7
Their bodies are screaming for the water and, you know, I just hope they can make it that far
[CHORUS 3]
D E A
I hope they're 75 and sunny, not 29 with a chance flurries all the time
D E A A7
I hope we're all old as dirt, not new as any $25 trip that we can try
D E F#m
Or to be thawed at 35, mama stoned with our backs to the wind
D E D A
You better believe I'm living for moment, son, but my moment is the whole damn thing
[BRIDGE]
(Modulation: whole step down)
C G
And I say I'd rather be 75, oh how nice, oh how easy for me to say
C G
I've never broken a bone in my life, let alone had my heart or a hip replaced
Em C
And I keep this furious pace, and I still feel so good and strong
Em
And I still get tempted for a taste, just a taste to keep me
D C Bm Am
going, going, going, going
D C Bm Am
going, going, going, going
D C Bm Am G
going, going, going, going, gone
[VERSE 5]
G C D G
But I've I got a notion, That everything I learned coming 'round
G C D G G7
And my devotion to the new thing and the next thing and the hip thing is slowing down
Bm Am G G7
And I've got a light in here won't go nowhere, no way
Bm Am G G7
And I don't spend every second smiling and I ain't tryin', but I'm excited for every day, every day
[CHORUS 4]
C D G
'Cause I'd rather be 75 and sunny, Than 29 with a chance of showers all the time
C D G G7
I'd rather be old and in the way than this year's new kid running for my life
C D Em
Or to be thawed at 35, mama, stoned faced and bleary-eyed
C D
You better believe I'm living for the moment, but my moment...
C D
You better believe I'm living for the moment, but these moments...
C D
You better believe I'm living for the moment, but my moment's growing bigger
G
By and by...
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By and by
