Twenty Three

VERSE:
Twenty th[F]ree
Make a wis[Bb]h, blow out the c[C]andles
but I still se[F]e
There’s an [Bb]empty chair wher[C]e you’re
supposed to b[Dm]e
Next to me[C]

VERSE 2:
Twenty thre[F]e
They say I [Bb]got my whol[C]e life in front o[F]f me
But ever sin[Bb]ce you left, it’[C]s harder to [Dm]believe
And these tears are teaching [C]me that

CHORUS:
Ti[F]me ain’t no fri[Bb]end
All it ev[C]er does is [Am]end
How was [Dm]I supposed to kn[Bdim]ow it’d be s[C]o soon
Oh, but y[F]ou sure made it [Bb]count
Boy you [C]ran that road [Am]right out
Made the m[Dm]ost of every s[Bdim]econd God ga[C]ve you
[A/C#]             And I’ll be lu[Dm]cky to live h[C]alf
the life with the ti[Bb]me that He gives[F/A] me
Than all the y[Bb]ears you fit in [C]only twenty [F]three

VERSE 3:
[F/A]  You were blo[Bb]wing out
your can[C]dles just like [F]me
You h[F/A]ad that I’m g[Bb]onna live for[C]ever kind[Dm]a free
But why up t[F/C]here and not wit[C]h me

CHORUS:
Ti[F]me ain’t no fri[Bb]end
All it ev[C]er does is [Am]end
How was [Dm]I supposed to kn[Bdim]ow it’d be s[C]o soon
Oh, but y[F]ou sure made it [Bb]count
Boy you [C]ran that road [Am]right out
Made the m[Dm]ost of every s[Bdim]econd God ga[C]ve you
[A/C#]             And I’ll be lu[Dm]cky to live h[C]alf
the life with the ti[Bb]me that He gives[F/A] me
Than all the y[Bb]ears you fit in [C]only twenty [F]three

INSTRUMENTAL:
[F] [Bb] [C] [Am] [Dm] [Bdim] [C] [Csus] [C]

OUTRO:
Twenty thre[F]e
Here’s to on[Bb]e more trip
aroun[C]d the sun for m[F]e
I know yo[Bb]u and God are [C]looking down [Dm]on me
I’ll make you proud of [C]me
In my 23[F]