Finding Favour - Slip on by

Early m^Corning by the riverside, Saw an o^Am7ld man waiting for a bite, ^CWe started talking and he took me back in ^Am7time.

He said I ^Cwas young, and thought I'd always be, Then I w^Am7oke up, now I'm 83 There's so ^Cmuch I missed, oh how I wish I could get ^Am7back all that time I wasted.

^CI see the tears of a young bride ^Am7The morning that we had our firs^Ct fight. I should've held her^Am7 tight. ^CAnd on the day that my momma died, ^Am7I hung up the phone and never said ^Cgoodbye.

^Am7Don't let it slip on, Don't let it slip on ^Cby.

Well, he ^Clooked up, tears in his eyes. ^Am7Said I'm not sure if you were looking for advice. There's just ^Csomething about you that reminds me of^Am7 me.

It ain't ^Ceasy always looking back, But it^Am7 seems these days that it's all I have. What ^Churts me the most is knowing what could have been, And if I ^Am7listen real close sometimes I can

^CHear the sound of my little boy ^Am7Saying, daddy can you please come play with ^Cme? But I was too ^Am7busy. Then one day, m^Cy baby grew up and went to war. ^Am7I never thought he'd be gone in the blink of an ^Ceye.

^Am7Don't let it slip on, Don't let it slip on ^Cby.

I shook the old man's ^Am7hand and I thanked ^Chim. And I drove ^Am7home as fast as I could ^Cgo. Just to let her ^Cknow...

^CThat I need her, That I ^Am7love her, That I'm ^Cnever gonna let another moment like this ^Am7slip on by. Don't let it slip on ^Cby.

^CWe're only here for a little while, ^Am7And God gives us only so much ^Cprecious time.

^Am7Don't let it slip on, Don't let it slip on ^Cby. ^Am7 Don't let it slip on ^Cby. ^Am7