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(E) (E) (E)
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(E) You wake up one (A) mornin' and it's passed you (E) by
(A) You don't know (B) when and ya don't know (E) why,
(A) You feel like an old (B) memory hangin (C#m) 'round, (B)
(A) Man you've got to (B) face it it's a young man's (E) town,
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(E) I knew this day was (A) coming all a(E)long,
(A) So why bitch and (B) moan and say they've done you wr(E)ong,
(A) Just teach 'em what ya (B) know pass it on (C#m) down, (B)
(A) Cause man you gotta (B) face it it's a young man's (E) town,
It's a (A) young man's (E) town,
Full of (A) young man's dr(E)eams,
And (A) all God's children gotta (E) learn to spread their (B) wings,
(A) Sometimes you (B) gotta stand back,
And (E) watch 'em burn it (B) to the (C#m) ground, (B)
(A) Even though you (B) built it it's a young man's (E) town,
(SOLO)
(E) (A) (B) (E) (B) (A)
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(E) (A) (B) (E)
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(E)
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(E) You always seem to (A) be the last to (E) know,
(A) And, man that's just the (B) way that the story (E) goes,
(A) There's nothin you can (B) do when the fields have turned (C#m) brown, (B)
(A) Man you gotta (B) face it it's a young man's (E) town,
It's a (A) young man's (E) town,
Full of (A) young man's dr(E)eams,
And (A) all God's children gotta (E) learn to spread their (B) wings,
(A) Sometimes you (B) gotta stand back,
And (E) watch 'em burn it (B) to the (C#m) ground, (B)
(A) Even though you (B) built it - it's a young man's (E) town,
(A) Sometimes you (B) gotta stand back,
And (E) watch 'em burn it (B) to the (C#m) ground, (B)
(A) Even though you (B) built it - it's a young man's (E) town,
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Written by Vince Gill