Finding Favour - Slip on by

Early m^Dorning by the riverside, Saw an o^Em7ld man waiting for a bite, ^GWe started talking and he took me back in ^Em7time.

He said I ^Dwas young, and thought I'd always be, Then I w^Em7oke up, now I'm 83 There's so ^Gmuch I missed, oh how I wish I could get ^Em7back all that time I wasted.

^DI see the tears of a young bride ^Em7The morning that we had our firs^Gt fight. I should've held her^Em7 tight. ^DAnd on the day that my momma died, ^Em7I hung up the phone and never said ^Ggoodbye.

^Em7Don't let it slip on, Don't let it slip on ^Dby.

Well, he ^Dlooked up, tears in his eyes. ^Em7Said I'm not sure if you were looking for advice. There's just ^Gsomething about you that reminds me of^Em7 me.

It ain't ^Deasy always looking back, But it^Em7 seems these days that it's all I have. What ^Ghurts me the most is knowing what could have been, And if I ^Em7listen real close sometimes I can

^DHear the sound of my little boy ^Em7Saying, daddy can you please come play with ^Gme? But I was too ^Em7busy. Then one day, m^Dy baby grew up and went to war. ^Em7I never thought he'd be gone in the blink of an ^Geye.

^Em7Don't let it slip on, Don't let it slip on ^Dby.

I shook the old man's ^Em7hand and I thanked ^Ghim. And I drove ^Em7home as fast as I could ^Ggo. Just to let her ^Dknow...

^DThat I need her, That I ^Em7love her, That I'm ^Gnever gonna let another moment like this ^Em7slip on by. Don't let it slip on ^Dby.

^DWe're only here for a little while, ^Em7And God gives us only so much ^Gprecious time.

^Em7Don't let it slip on, Don't let it slip on ^Dby. ^Em7 Don't let it slip on ^Gby. ^Em7