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Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age by John Prine & Mac Wiseman
Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age
Capo:no capo
Banjo tuned E, Key of D, Capo 1
D A
Don't be ashamed of your age.
D
Don't let the years get you down.
G
That old gang you knew
D
They still think of you
E7 A
As a rounder in your old hometown.
D A
Don't mind the grey in your hair.
Just think of all the fun you've had
D
Puttin' it there.
D
As for that old book of time
A
You've never skipped a page
A D G
So don't be ashamed of your age, brother,
D A D
Don't be ashamed of your age.
D A
Listen, Mr. Smith, Mr. Brown,
D
Don't let your age get you down.
G
Life ain't begun
D
Until you're 40, son.
E7 A
That's when you really start to go to town.
D A
Don't wish that you were a lad.
Why, boy, you've lost more gals
D
Than they've ever had
A D G
So don't be ashamed of your age, brother.
D A D
Don't be ashamed of your age.
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
C C#dim G E7
A7 D7 G E7
A7 D7 G
[Verse 1]
G
Well, don't be ashamed of your age
A A7
Don't let the years get you down
D7 G E7
The old gang you knew, they still think of you
A7 D7
As a rounder in your old hometown
G C
Don't mind the gray in your hair
A7 D7
Think of all the fun you had puttin' it there
C
And as for that old book of time
G E7
You never skipped a page
A7 D7 G7
So don't be ashamed of your age
E7 A7 D7 G
Brother, don't be ashamed of your age
[Instruemtnal]
C C#dim G E7
A7 D7 G E7
A7 D7 G
[Verse 2]
G
And now listen Mr. Smith and Mr. Brown
A A7
Don't let your age get you down
D7 G E7
Your life ain't begun, until you're forty, son
A7 D7
That's when you really start to go to town
G C
And don't wish that you were a lad
A7
Why, boy, you've lost more gals
D7
than they ever had
C G E7
you've graduated from that old sucker stage
A7 D7 G
So don't be ashamed of your age
E7 A7 D7 G E7
Brother, don't be ashamed of your age
A7 D7 G
We’re not ashamed of our age
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