Montgomery Gentry - Twenty years ago

Well, I was^G at that smart-ass time of my life, When I’d pick a fight just to pick a fight If^D he said black, I said white, if he took one side I took the other side ^G The dinner table we sat around, was more like a battleground And I^D lost more times than I won, I woulda learned later on ^Bm That he was always^G preachin’ ‘bout his^A past ^Bm I just kept^G screamin’ “Come on,^A Dad!”

That was twenty years ^Dago, you don’t know me at^Em7/B all! Tryin’ to talk to^G you is like talkin’ to the^A wall Yeah, you gave me my^D life, but it’s my life to^Em7/B live Maybe I don’t^D/F# wanna live it like you^G did,^A Twenty years ^Gago^D

He was^G built with blue collar sweat and blood, square jaw and a crew cut ^D A purple heart, a Viet Vet, he'd tell you every chance he'd get Always^G runnin’ down my rock n' roll, my friends, my hair, my clothes ^D One night it all got out of control, and right there we came to blows ^Bm And that was just^G enough to get me^A gone,^Bm I couldn't^G wait to prove him^A wrong!

Twenty years ^Dago, I struck out on ^Em7/Bmy own Couldn't tell me^G nothin’, I didn’t already^A know Yeah, I was on my^D way, what the hell did^Em7/B I care About my old man and his^D/F# gray hair Thought about the road I^G chose^A, twenty year^Em7/Bs ago ^{Bm Em7/B Bm}

^Em7/B Well I left as fast as the leaves fell that autumn ^Bm I never looked back and I never once called him,^Em7/B but every time I talked to Momma I wondered if he was^Bm there, or if he even cared I figured I^Em7/B walked out on him and the course of our love had run ^Bm Momma said 'no, no, you listen to me son, ^Em7/B He’s a stubborn man and he won't give in. He^Bm believes what he believes, well you’re just like him'

^Cadd9 Well I could tell by her voic^Csus2e that there was something^Cadd9 wrong She broke down, and said he ain’t got long^Cadd9 So I caught the next plane home^Csus2, ^Cadd9 thought about all the years gone ^Cadd9 How my pride had let^Csus2 so much time go by ^G/B I ran up those stairs and stood by his bed^Em7 and I cried

Twenty years ^Dago, I thought I knew it^Em7/B all But tryin’ to talk to^G me, was like talkin’ to the^A wall I thought I was a^D man, actin’ like I^Em7/B did But all I want right^D/F# now, is just to be your^G kid

^Em7/B Just before my^D/F# dad gave up the^G ghost He^Em7/B took my hand and^D/F# said "son let it^G go”,^A that was twenty years ago^{G G} Twenty years ago