Minutes To Memories Chords by John Mellencamp

[Start]

[Intro]
E Esus4 A E A E Esus4 A
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E Esus4 A E
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[Verse]
                      D            A        
On a Greyhound thirty miles beyond Jamestown
E                         D         A   
He saw the sun set on the Tennessee line
   E                               D      A         
He looked at the young man who was riding beside him
E                       D        A     
He said I'm old kind of worn out inside
E                               Esus4            A   
■ I worked my whole life in the steel mills near Gary
E                         Esus4             A   
And my father before me I helped build this land
E                             Esus4     A      
Now I'm seventyseven and with God as my witness
E                          Esus4             A    
I earned every dollar that passed through my hands
B                             A                     
My family and friends are the best things I've known
        B                     A                   
Through the eye of the needle I'll carry them home


[Chorus]
E                        D          A       
Days turn to minutes and minutes to memories
E                                D       A      
Life sweeps away the dreams that we have planned
E                 D           A     
You are young and you are the future
B                                                     
So suck it up and tough it out and be the best you can
E Esus4 A E Esus4 A
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[Verse]
E                               D               A       
The rain hit the old dog in the twilight's last gleaming
E                          D            A    
He said Son it sounds like rattling old bones
E                               D             A     
This highway is long but I know some that are longer
E                   D             A   
By sunup tomorrow I guess I'll be home
E                                        Esus4 A    
Through the hills of Kentucky 'cross the Ohio  river
E                                  Esus4        A    
The old man kept talking 'bout his life and his times
E                       Esus4            A     
He fell asleep with his head against the window
           E                                       
He said An honest man's pillow is his peace of mind


[Chorus]
B                            A                     
This world offers riches and riches will grow wings
  B                   A                     
I don't take stock in those uncertain things
E                        D          A       
Days turn to minutes and minutes to memories
E                                D       A      
Life sweeps away the dreams that we have planned
E                 D           A     
You are young and you are the future
B                                                     
So suck it up and tough it out and be the best you can


[Solo]
Bsus4 E B Bsus4 E B Bsus4 E
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[Inst]
B E Esus4 E A E A E
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[Verse]
                                    Esus4          A     
The old man had a vision but it was hard for me to follow
E                        D          A    
I do things my way and I pay a high price
E                                        A       
When I think back on the old man and the bus ride
E                                   A     E
Now that I'm older I can see he was right ■


[Chorus]
A B                        A             
■ ■ Another hot one out on Highway eleven
B                              A           
This is my life it's what I've chosen to do
B                            A                
There's no free rides no one said it'd be easy
B                                   A                
The old man told me this my son I'm telling it to you
E                        D          A       
Days turn to minutes and minutes to memories
E                                D       A      
Life sweeps away the dreams that we have planned
E                 D           A     
You are young and you are the future
   B                                                  
So suck it up and tough it out and be the best you can


[Outro]
E D A E D A E D
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A E D A E D A E
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D A E
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