Ian Tyson - Fifty Years Ago

      
 
 Song: Fifty Years Ago
 Sung By: Ian Tyson
 CD: Cowboyography and All the Good Uns
 Written By: Ian Tyson
 Transcribed By: M. Lawrence
 
 Verse 1.
 A                             
 If I could roll back the years
           D                     
 Back when I was young and limber
           A               
 Loose as ashes in the wind
           Bm           E  
 I had no irons in the fire
         C#m                         
 I could ride them wild young broncos
      D                     
 The adrenaline came quickly
       A                   
 And Juanita down at Mona's
         E            A   
 Was my only hearts desire
 
 Verse 2.
 A                            
 We were living for the moment
          D                        
 And the sunlight on my silver bits
      A                      
 The ringing of my jinglebobs
          Bm          E  
 Was the music of my soul
         C#m                
 In the alley back of Mona's
         D                    
 I held Juanita in the shadows
         A                   
 How we held on to each other
          E              A   
 And the lovin' that we stole
 
 Chorus:
 A        Bm             E   
 And the sighing of the pines
     A                      
 Up here near the timberline
           D                            
 Makes me wish I'd done things different
                               A 
 Oh, but wishing don't make it so
         Bm                 E   
 Oh the time has passed so quick
      A                        
 The years all run together now
        D                    
 Did I hold Juanita yesterday
                     E 
 Was it fifty years ago
 
 (Instrumental  A D A E A)
 
 Verse 3.
 
 If I would have quit them broncos
 She might have quit that business
 But that was back in the fast days
 You know before the wire
 I bet I could still find her
 Bet she's still as pretty
 As when she's Juanita down at Mona's
 And my only heart's desire
 
 Repeat Chorus twice