Willie Mack-Golden Years

Intro: G Em F C D

VERSE 1
       G                     Em
Sunday afternoon in a corner booth 
   F
My son was squirming in his high chair 
   C                   D
My daughter had mashed potatoes in her hair 
                 G                 Em
When a sweet old man with wrinkled hands 
F
Said, What beautiful babies you have, 
C                         D
Just had to come over and tell you that 
C                        D
These right here are the golden years 

CHORUS
    G                                    D 
The first steps when they stumble, first words that they mumble 
F                           C                D
First ball that they fumble, and they try to hide the tears 
    G                  D
Her Cinderella palace, the bike he learns to balance 
F                         C                 D      G     Em F C D  
Take a look around, yeah, right now are the golden years
 
VERSE 2
                       G                     Em
He said, You''''re gonna blink, and he''''ll be seventeen 
      F
He''''ll have a hot date, wanna borrow your keys 
    C                    D
And growing one of those crazy goatees 
                   G                       Em
And daddy''''s little girl, with pretty blonde curls 
        F                   
Will be wearing mascara and talkin'''' on the phone 
    C                         D
And all the little boys won''''t leave her alone 
    C                      D
And you''''ll look back here, these golden years

CHORUS
    G                                    D 
The first steps when they stumble, first words that they mumble 
F                           C                D
First ball that they fumble, and they try to hide the tears 
    G                  D
Her Cinderella palace, the bike he learns to balance 
F                         C             D          G      D F C D
Take a look around, yeah, right now are the golden years

BRIDGE 
   C                          G
So take too many pictures and don''''t forget to laugh 
C                               D
Right now you don''''t know it but someday you''''ll look back at

CHORUS
    G                                    D 
The first steps when they stumble, first words that they mumble 
F                           C                D
First ball that they fumble, and they try to hide the tears 
    G                  D
Her Cinderella palace, the bike he learns to balance 
F                         C             D          G      Em F C D G
Take a look around, yeah, right now are the golden years