The Older I Get Chords

by Alan Jackson
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Difficulty: absolute beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author austingrossrbf [a] 83.
5 contributors total, last edit on Dec 27, 2024
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Chords

D
G
A

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[Intro]
| D | % | G | % | A | % | D | D
 
                 D                  G                  A                 A              D
e|---------------2-2----------------3-3----------------0-----------------0--------------2-2-|
B|---------------3-3----------------0-0----------------2-----------------2--------------3-3-|
G|---------------2-2----------------0-0----------------2-----------------2--------------2-2-|
D|--/4-4\2-2p0---0-0---/4-4\2-2p-0 -0-0----4/5-5\4-4\2-2----4/5-5\4-4\2--2--/4-4\2-2p0--0-0-|
A|----------------------------------2-2----------------0-----------------0------------------|
E|----------------------------------3-3-----------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Verse 1]
            D
The older I get
           G
The more I think
               A
You only get a minute, better live while you're in it
                      D
'Cause it's gone in a blink
                D
And the older I get
             G
The truer it is
                    A
It's the people you love, not the money and stuff
               D
That makes you rich
 
[Chorus]
            G                   D
And if they found a fountain of youth
                   A                   D
I wouldn't drink a drop and that's the truth
             G                      D                A
Funny how it feels I'm just getting to my best years yet
 
[Verse 2]
            D
The older I get
                    G
The fewer friends I have
                      A
But you don't need a lot when the ones that you got
                     D
Have always got your back
                D
And the older I get
             G
The better I am
                   A
At knowing when to give
                                 D
And when to just not give a damn
 
[Chorus]
            G                   D
And if they found a fountain of youth
                   A                   D
I wouldn't drink a drop and that's the truth
             G                      D                A
Funny how it feels I'm just getting to my best years yet
            G
The older I get
 
[Instrumental]
| D | A | D | G | D | A | % |
| D | % | G | % | A | % | D |
 
Chords of Chorus
 
      G        D          A         D      G       D        A
e|-10-10-9-7-----------------------------7-7----------------|
B|----------10-7-7--------7-------7-8-10----10-8-10-7-8-7---|
G|----------------9-7-9-7---9-7-7-------------------------9-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
 
Chords of Verse
 
               D                      G
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------3/5-5/7--7------------8\7-7\5--|
G|---------------2------------------------------4-|
D|---2/4-2--0-----------------4/5-4-2-------------|
A|-0-----------0-------------0--------2-----------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
 
    G            A                     D
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------9/10-8-7-8-7--7----|
G|---------------------------------------------------9--9-7-|
D|-------------------------------7--------------------------|
A|-9/10-9-0-7---9/10-9-0-7---0-9--9-7-5---------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
 
                                                     And I don't
 
[Bridge]
G            D
mind all the lines
             A                      D
From all the times I've laughed and cried
     G               D                      A
Souvenirs and little signs of the life I've lived
 
[Verse 3]
            D
The older I get
             G
The longer I pray
             A
I don't know why, I guess that I
            D
Got more to say
                D
And the older I get
                    G
The more thankful I feel
                  A                                D
For the life I've had, and all the life I'm living still
 
[Outro]
N.C.  | D | % | G | % | A | % | D | D
 
                 D                 G                    A                 A             D             D
e|---------------2-2---------------3-3------------------0-----------------0-------------2-2-|---------2-|
B|---------------3-3---------------0-0------------------2-----------------2-------------3-3-|---------3-|
G|---------------2-2---------------0-0------------------2-----------------2-------------2-2-|-2/4\2-0-2-|
D|--\4-4-\2-2p-0-0-0--\4-4-\2-2p-0-0-0----4/5-5-\4-4\2--2----4/5-5-\4-4\2-2--\4-4-\2-2p-0-0-|---------0-|
A|---------------------------------2-2------------------0-----------------0-----------------|-----------|
E|---------------------------------3-3------------------------------------------------------|-----------|
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22 comments
adityapratapb1
Best Country song I've ever heard... Gives me a pure nostalgic feeling each time I listen to it
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gdramsey333
Classic Alan. Thanks for the tab.
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brad889231
The chord for the last line before the instrumental should be D not G
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