Twenty Years Ago Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][Bm][G][Bm][G][D]
[G][D]

[Verse 1]
[D]I was
at that smart ass time of my life
[G]Where id pick a fig[D]ht just to pic[G]k a fight
If [D]he said black, I said white
If he took one side I took the other side
[G]The dinner table we sat around
Was more like a battleground
And [D]I lost more times than I won

[Verse 2]
I would of learned later on
[Bm]That he was always [G]preaching
bout his [A]past[Bm]
I just [G]kept screaming" Come on,
[A]dad!
That was twenty years ago
[D]You don't know me at [Em]all!
Trying to talk to [G]you is like
talking to the [A]wall
Yeah, you gave me [D]my life,
but its my life to [Em]live
Maybe I don't wan[D]na live it like you [G]did,
[A]Twenty years [G]ago"

[Verse 3]
[D]
He was [G]built with blue collar
sweat and blood
Squared jaw and a crew cut
[D]A purple heart, a Viet Vet.
He'd tell you every chance he'd get
[G]Always running down my rock n' roll,
My friends, my hair, my clothes.
But [D]one night it got out of control
And right there we came to blows
[Bm]And that was just [G]enough to get me g[A]one
[Bm]I couldn't wait [G]to prove
[A]him wrong!

[Verse 4]
Twenty years [D]ago
Struck out on my [Em]own
Couldn't tell me noth[G]ing
That I didn't already [A]know
Later I was on my [D]way
To what the hell did [Em]I care
My old man and his gray [D]hair
Thought about the road [G]I chose
[A]Twenty years ago

[Verse 5]
[Em]"Well[Bm][Em][Bm]
[Em]I left as fast
as the leaves fell that autumn
[Bm]I never looked back and I
never once called him
[Em]But every time I talked to momma
I wondered if he [Bm]was there,or if
he even cared
I figured [Em]I walked out of him and the
course of our love [Bm]had run
Momma said 'no,no, you listen to [G]me [Em]son,
hes a stubborn man and he won't give in.
He be[Bm]lieves what he believes,
[G]well you're just [D]like him'
[C]Well I could tell by her voice there
was something wrong
She broke down,
and said he ain't got long
So I caught the next plane home,
Thought about all the years gone
Had my pride that I let so much time go by
[G]I ran up those stairs and stood
by his [Am]bed
And I cried"

[Verse 6]
Twenty years [D]ago
Thought I knew [Em]it all
But trying to talk [G]to me
Was like talking to [A]a wall
I [D]thought I was a man
Acting like I [Em]did
But all I want right [D]now
Is just to be [G]your kid[Em]
Just before my [D]dad gave up the ghost
[G]He [Em]took my hand and said "son [D]let it go,[G]
[A]that was twenty years ago[G]"
Twenty years ago