Phil Ochs - A Year To Go By

capo on the 1 : st fret .

C Em
here i Am
C Em
10 years have i
C Am F G
watch me run , watch me play , watch me cry
F C
time has no time
F C
the world is mine
C Am F G
and it takes 10 years for a year to go by

Fm Em G

here i Am
now 21
learned all i need for a life thats just begun
i know the rules
old men are fools
and it takes 7 years for a year to be done

here i Am
past 42
all that i know now if only then i knew
tricked by time
now i find
that it takes just a year
for a year to be through

here i Am
as old as old
all sayings have been said
all stories have been told
taught by time
the greatest crime is to
live less than a year
when a year has unrolled

F Em G C
less than a year when a year has unrolled