Intro
 
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Chorus
 
D 
My how time flies 
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And I'm trying to tie down my time 
      Gm       D   F#m    G   Gm 
From flying away away  away  (hmm) 
 
Verse 1
 
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Well you could find me permanently entertaining 
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Running around butt naked when it was raining 
      G 
And staining my kneecaps with blood and tree sap 
Gm 
  Man I could stay in those days 
 
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Or making and creating anything of the sort 
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I didn't follow the other kid cookie cutting a tree fort 
    G 
But I made a teepee 
    Gm 
And my father helped me 
 
Chorus
 
D 
My how time flies 
    F#m                         G 
And I'm trying to tie down my time 
      Gm      D 
From flying away 
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My my many memories have gone by 
                              G   Gm 
And I'm catching quite a supply   of love in my life 
 
Verse 2
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Like it was yesterday I was nearly half my size 
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Pounding nails making potions with Pa and Clyde 
                 G 
would come with me outside 
 
While Pa sat in his chair 
Gm 
And I wished to the stars that he would stay there 
 
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I always loved to be sick over at grandmas 
          F#m 
Wandering out to the alleyway wearing only pajamas 
         G 
And she, she told me don't go touching the whiskey 
   Gm 
So I turned rocks into my friends 
 
Verse 3
 
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I better leave it all, playing in the water for hours 
             F#m 
Then rinsing off, and bearing it all outside in the shower 
         G 
I'd be alone on a stone in the creek 
    Gm 
And I was told to be a man when a hook's making me weak 
 
         D 
What a treat it was, that damn candy store 
           F#m 
Gave me a sweet tooth and an excuse 
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couldn't get away with that word before 
                                     Gm 
And the candy man just gave me more, more, ohh 
 
Chorus
 
D 
My how time flies 
    F#m                         G 
And I'm trying to tie down my time 
      Gm      D 
From flying away 
                            F#m 
My my many memories have gone by 
                              G   Gm 
And I'm catching quite a supply   of love in my life 
 
Verse 4
 
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I've been to Keystone, Steamboat, Denver, Colorado 
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I would ski down those slopes and up the mountain I'd go 
 
Can't forget about Crested Butte 
       Gm 
Or backpacking north and south Manitou 
 
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Then I flew on a tandem across the pond 
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While my mamma was pedaling I was singing the songs 
                   Gm 
I was singing the songs 
 
I was singing 
 
Chorus
 
D 
My how time flies 
    F#m                         G 
And I'm trying to tie down my time 
      Gm       D   F#m    G   Gm 
From flying away away  away