Ryan Montbleau - 75 and sunny

I had a ^Gbad night. I mean not so ^Cbad, I ^Dthought I was king of the ^Gworld And I drank 'til ^Gdaylight. I mean ^CI never stopped onc^De til my hands finall^Gy fell And I fought my ^Bmdaytime self with a ^Ammighty dose of, "Hey, look at the night time ^Gme!" I never do ^Bmwin that battle. But I fight i^Amt over and over and over and over, it ^Gseems

And I saw an ^Gold man^C smilin on ^Da park bench feedin the pi^Ggeons And my head was ^Gspinning. As my youn^Cg body ached ^DI wished for an old ma^Gn vision And I watched the ^Bmway he move--^Amslow serene and lucky to be ^Galive And I thought to my^Bmself, "I'm never gonna make it that ^Amfar with too many nights like last ^Gnight." ^G7

And I rather be ^C75 and sunny, ^Dthan acting like i was 17 and ^Gfreezing again ^G7 I'd rather be up ^Cearly in the morning, ^Dthan up late at night erasing ^Gmemories of where I've been ^G7 Or to be ^Cthrough at 52 someday ^Dstone-faced and bleary-eyed^Em You better ^Cbelieve I'm living for the moment but my ^Dmoment's growing ^Cbigger by and ^Gby

And I've got ^Ga best ^Cfriend, She^D don't drink or smoke like^G I've been known to Shes got religio^Gn, shes a one-women ^Cdynamo and sh^Dines a light in every ^Groom she goes to She says the light^Bm that's there^Am won't go nowhere, no way ^G She don't spend eve^Bmry second smiling, but she learning ^Amsomething exciting every day ^{G G7}

Sh^Ce rather be 75^D and sunny, than 29 with a cha^Gnce of showers ^G7all the time S^Che rather be old as di^Drt than new as any $9 bottle o^Gf wine ^G7 Or to be ^Cthawed at 35, mama, st^Doned with her back to the w^Emind Y^Cou better believe she is living for the m^Doment but her mom^Cent is the who^Gle damn thing

And I see these ^Aspin kids, double ^Dwide-eyed and ^Erolling and rolling and ^Atumbling There roaming in ^Ainches, taken th^De high dive approach an^Ed screaming towards th^Ae water Their hearts ^C#mrace a million miles as they ^Bmbuy another smile from a ^Ajar Their bodies are ^C#mscreaming for the water and, you k^Bmnow, I just hope they can make it t^Ahat far ^A7

I hope they're ^D75 and sunny, ^Enot 29 with a chance ^Aflurries all the time I hope we're ^Dall old as dirt, n^Eot new as any $^A25 trip that we can try ^A7 Or to be ^Dthawed at 35, mama ^Estoned with our backs to the ^F#mwind You better ^Dbelieve I'm living for moment, son, but my ^Emoment is the ^Dwhole damn ^Athing

And I say I'd ^Crather be 75, oh how nice, oh how easy for ^Gme to say ^CI've never broken a bone in my life, let ^Galone had my heart or a hip replaced And I keep this ^Emfurious pace, and I still ^Cfeel so good and strong And I still get ^Emtempted for a taste, just a taste to keep me ^Dgoing, ^Cgoing, ^Bmgoing, ^Amgoing ^Dgoing, ^Cgoing, ^Bmgoing, ^Amgoing ^Dgoing, ^Cgoing, ^Bmgoing, ^Amgoing, ^Ggone

But I've I got a ^Gnotion, That^C everything I^D learned coming ^G'round And my de^Gvotion to the new thing and th^Ce next thing and th^De hip thing is slowin^Gg down^G7 And I've got a ^Bmlight in here won't ^Amgo nowhere, no ^Gway ^G7 And I don't spend ^Bmevery second smiling and I ain't ^Amtryin', but I'm excited for every ^Gday, every ^G7day

'Cause I'd rather be ^C75 and sunny, Than^D 29 with a chance of s^Ghowers all the time I'd rather be ^Cold and in the way than this y^Dear's new kid ^Grunning for my life ^G7 Or to be ^Cthawed at 35, mama, ^Dstoned faced and ^Embleary-eyed You better ^Cbelieve I'm living for the moment, but my ^Dmoment... You better ^Cbelieve I'm living for the moment, but the^Dse moments... You better ^Cbelieve I'm living for the moment, but my ^Dmoment's growing bigger ^GBy and by... ^GBy and by