Passing Of The Years

Ray Walsh Family Band

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Passing Of The Years

Key: A

Passing Of The Years Key EE

Passing Of The Years Key FF

Passing Of The Years Key F#F#

Passing Of The Years Key GG(one step down)

Passing Of The Years Key G#G#(half step down)

Passing Of The Years Key AA(original key)

Passing Of The Years Key A#A#(half step up)

Passing Of The Years Key BB(one step up)

Passing Of The Years Key CC

Passing Of The Years Key C#C#

Passing Of The Years Key DD

Passing Of The Years Key D#D#

Capo on 3rd fret

	  		


Intro: 
A Asus4 A Asus2 
A Asus4 A Asus2 

Verse 1:

 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. 


 Verse 1:
         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 Asus4 A Asus2 
A Asus4 A Asus2 

Verse 1:

 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  A 
And the passing of the years. 


Instrumental: 
A D  A  E  A  F#m  A  A 

Verse 1:

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   A 
And the passing of the years. 



Instrumental: 
A  C#m  D  A  F#m  A  C#m  E 
A  C#m  D  A  F#m  A  E  A  A  A  A 

Verse 1:

 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. 



OUTRO: 
   Bm              D 
I think of all my family 
         E               A 
And the passing of the years. 
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                 A 
E ---------------0- 
B -3-2-----------2- 
G -----2/4\2-----2- 
D -----------4-2-2- 
A ---------------0- 
E ---------------x-

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