These are Lessons From An Old Man chords by Parker McCollum on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.
[Intro]
D G D G
[Verse 1]
D
Outrun your wild side
G D
before you buy that ring
The house on a hill
G D
don't make you a king
Big fancy car get you
G Bm
nowhere real fast
D
It ain't always the
G D
good guy comin' in last
[Chorus]
G
It ain't all about money,
D
but money is nice
G
There's nothin' wrong with
D
whiskey, just keep Sundays dry
Bm7 A
There's makin' a livin'
G D
and there's makin' a life
Em7 A
Lessons from an old man made
D G D G
a young man wise
[Verse 2]
D
5 o'clock comes slow,
G D
but the years sure fly by
Don't let 'em tell you
G D
that grown men don't cry
The dog's gonna hunt and
G Bm
the horse's gonna run
D
Keep the wind at your back
G D
and your face to the sun
[Chorus]
G
It ain't all about money,
D
but money is nice
G
There's nothin' wrong with
D
whiskey, just keep Sundays dry
Bm7 A
There's makin' a livin'
G D
and there's makin' a life
Em7 A
Lessons from an old man made
a young man wise
[Solo]
C D G D
C G A
[Verse 3]
D
Big high crown hat and
G D
a beat-up old Dodge
Can still smell the cigar
G D
and the diesel burnin' hot
He'd lean way on back and
G Bm
take one more puff
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D
He'd say, "I don't know it all,
G D
boy, but I know enough."
Said, "I don't know it all,
G D
boy, but I know enough."
[Chorus]
G
It ain't all about money,
D
but money is nice
G
There's nothin' wrong with
D
whiskey, just keep Sundays dry
Bm7 A
And I'm gonna miss him just
G D
talkin' 'bout life
Em7 A
Lessons from an old man made
D G
a young man wise
[Outro]
D G
Made a young man wise
D G
Made a young man wise