BEYOND THOSE YEARS
The Oak Ridge Boys
Album: Monogahela
Submitted by: Christopher R.
11/18/2021

Intro: (Aadd9) (Dmaj7) (Bm7) (D) (A) (D/E)

(A) Full moons and empty promises
(Dmaj7) We were only high school kids
(Bm7) Got so close that we (D) closed our eyes
To the (A) facts of life (D/E) (E)
(A) We were married in the spring
(Dmaj7) Not long before the baby came
(Bm7) Your mama said she couldn't (D) bare the shame
Your (A) dad refused to give the (D/E) bride away.

    Bey(A)ond those years
    (Dmaj7) Who'd have thought we'd still be standing here
    And that (Bm7) love would find it's way
    Through (D) all those tears
    Bey(A)ond those (E7) years

(Saxaphone Solo 1)

Eighteen standing in the shoes of a man
The weight of the world in my unskilled hands
One by one as the dreams fell through
I took my failures out on you.
But you held on when it made no sense
And cleaned the face of the innocent
You were so strong to be so young
And now look just how far we've come.

(Repeat Chorus)

(E) So many times we (D) wanted to act our age
(F#m) Call it off and (D) go our seperate ways
Ag(E)ainst the odds we grew (D) up too fast
(F#m) And on our own, we (E) made it last
Oo we made it last.

(Repeat Chorus)

(Saxaphone Solo 2)

(Repeat Chorus)

Fade out...