A couple more years    (intro)

 

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1. I've got a couple more years on you, babe, and that's all,

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    I've had more chances to fly, and more places to fall.

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    And it ain't that I'm wiser, it's only that I've spent

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    more time with my back to the wall,

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    and I've picked up a couple more years on you, babe, and that's all.

 

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2. I've walked a couple more roads than you, babe, and that's all,

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    and I'm tired of runnin' while you're only learning to crawl.

 

    And you're heading somewhere, but I've been to somewhere

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    and found it was nowhere at all,

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    and I've picked up a couple more years on you, babe, and that's all.

 

+ D - A - A7 - D

 

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3. Now, saying goodbye, girl, don't never come easy at all,

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    but you've gotta fly 'cause you're hearing them young eagles call.

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    And someday when you're older you'll smile at a man strong and tall,

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   and you'll say I've got a couple more years on you, babe, and that's all.

 

 

    You'll say + repeat verse 1  + A - A7 - D

 

    (Dr. Hook)