Let's start it ^G#here Back in nineteen ^Eb/Gseventy ^G#something I can't pin ^Bbmdown the ^Fmyear When the romance ^Cmwasn't ^C#dead And love still s^Ebtood for ^G#something There was a girl who had ^Eb/Glost her ^G#way She blushed red when ^Bbmhe came ^Fmover And they danced the ^Cmnight a^C#way And he sung as he ^Ebdrove her ^G#home and It was there that ^Eb/Gshe would ^G#say If I could than ^BbmI would ^Fmsave you And he smiled and ^Cmturned a^C#way In six weeks they're ^Ebsaying ^BbI do ^C#Oh love just don't go that way no more

^G# And like the ^Fmseed becomes the ^Cmtree We take ^Ebshape of a fami^G#ly We ^Fmgrow and we ^Cmchange And face the ^Ebrain like you wouldn't be^G#lieve And through it ^Fmall We're standing ^Cmtall And we ^Ebjust don't say it e^G#nough If ^Fmnot for ^Cmyou no we ^Ebwouldn't be standing at ^G#all^Eb/G

^G# And now it's nineteen ^Eb/Gninety ^G#something How the hell did we ^Bbmend up ^Fmhere? Four kids and a ^Cmfew jobs ^C#later And the pictures ^Ebfill the ^G#pages It's been hard oh ^Eb/Git's been ^G#hard But you'd be a fool to ^Bbmgive it up ^Fm Cause you know that ^Cmwhat we've ^C#got is bigger than the ^Ebtwo of us^G# It's been hard oh ^Eb/Git's been ^G#hard But it's bigger than the ^Bbmtwo of us^Fm And I will hold you ^Cmin my ^C#arms When you feel like ^Ebgiving up^{Bb C#} Love just don't go that way no more

^G# And like the ^Fmseed becomes the ^Cmtree We take ^Ebshape of a fami^G#ly We ^Fmgrow and we ^Cmchange And face the ^Ebrain like you wouldn't be^G#lieve And through it ^Fmall We're standing ^Cmtall And we ^Ebjust don't say it e^G#nough If ^Fmnot for ^Cmyou no we ^Ebwouldn't be standing at all

^G# And now its two thou^Eb/Gsand and ^G#something We made it ^Bbmhere my ^Fmdear Grandkids and the ^Cmmortgage ^C#paid off Is this what ^Ebdreams are ^G#made of? Cause baby we ^Eb/Gmade it^G# Yeah baby you ^Bbmsaved me ^Fm But nothing could ^Cmsave him^C# From the ambu^Eblance

that ^C#day When he ^Ebwent a^Fmway The ^G#heart at^Ebtack was ^C#sharp He didn't ^Ebfeel no ^Fmpain If you ^G#saw him ^Ebnow then ^C#what What ^Ebwould you ^Fmsay? I love you and ^EbI ^C#miss you I ^Ebowe you every^Fmthing And I ^G#hope you ^Eb/Gknow you ^Bbsaved me saved me^C#

^G# Oh mother^{Eb/G G#} Mother ^Bbmplease don't ^Fmcry Cause you know I ^Cmmiss him ^C#too I didn't even ^Ebsay good^G#bye And though he's gone I ^Eb/Gknow he's ^G#gone He lives on in ^Bbmall of ^Fmus And I will hold you ^Cmwhen you ^C#cry Cause that's what he would have done

^{G# Eb/G G#} Yeah that's what ^Bbmhe would have ^Fmdone^{Cm C#} Yeah that's what ^Ebhe would have ^G#done It's been hard oh ^Eb/Git's been ^G#hard But he's a part of ^Bbmall of ^Fmus And we will hold you ^Cmwhen you ^C#cry Cause that's what ^Ebfamily ^G#(hold)does