Before My Time

INTRO: GUITAR 1 PLAYS THESE CHORDS FOR THE INTRO 
C G C G D G 
 
GUITAR 2 PLAYS THE FOLLOWING: 
E -------------------------------------------------| 
B -------------------------------------------------| 
G -------------------------------------------------| 
D ------2---4-5-5-2-----2--------------------------| 
A --5-5-------------5-5---3------5-2---------------| 
E -----------------------------3------5---5---3----| 
 
VERSE: 
G 
I KNOW THAT HEARTS WERE LOVING 
D 
LONG BEFORE I WAS HERE 
AND I‘M NOT THE FIRST TO EVER CRY 
G 
IN MY BED OR IN MY BEER 
C 
THERE WERE SONGS BEFORE THERE WAS RADIO 
G Em 
OF LOVE THAT STAYS AND LOVE THAT GOES 
Am 
THEY WERE WRITING MELONCHOLY TUNES 
C D 
AND TEARFUL WORDS THAT RHYME 
G 
BEFORE MY TIME 
D G 
BEFORE MY TIME 
 
VERSE: 
THERE WERE SONGS IN OLD DUSTY BOOKS 
OF LOVE THATS ALWAYS BEEN 
SWEET LOVERS IN THEIR GLORY 
WHO ARE NOW GONE WITH THE WIND 
OLD FASHION LOVE WORDS SPOKEN THEN 
KEEP COMING BACK AROUND AGAIN 
NOTHINGS CHANGED EXCEPT THE NAMES 
THEIR LOVE BURNS JUST LIKE MINE 
BEFORE MY TIME 
BEFORE MY TIME 
 
BREAK: 
C 
AND IN THE DIM OF YESTERDAY 
G 
I CAN CLEARLY SEE 
C 
THAT FLESH AND BLOOD CRIED OUT TO SOMEONE 
G D 
AS IT DOES IN ME 
G 
AND THERE WAS SOME OLD SONG THAT SAID 
C 
I LOVE YOU ‘TIL I DIE 
G 
BEFORE MY TIME 
D G 
BEFORE MY TIME 
 
INSTRUMENTAL: 
 
GUITAR 1 PLAYS THESE CHORDS: 
C G C G D G 
 
GUITAR 2 PLAYS THE FOLLOWING: 
E -------------------------------------------------| 
B -------------------------------------------------| 
G -------------------------------------------------| 
D ------2---4-5-5-2-----2--------------------------| 
A --5-5-------------5-5---3------5-2---------------| 
E -----------------------------3------5---5---3----| 
 
VERSE: 
BUT WHAT THE OLD TIME MASTERS HAD 
IS WHAT I FEEL FOR YOU 
LOVE IS LOVE AND DOESN‘T CHANGE 
IN A CENTURY OR TWO 
IF SOMEWAY THEY HAD SEEN AND KNEW 
HOW IT WOULD BE FOR ME AND YOU 
THEY‘D WISH FOR LOVE LIKE YOURS 
AND THEY WOULD WISH FOR LOVE LIKE MINE 
BEFORE MY TIME 
BEFORE MY TIME 
 
OUTRO: 
G 
E --------------------|--------------3----| 
B --------------------|--------------3----| 
G --------------------|--------------4----| 
D --------------------|--------------5----| 
A ----5-2-------------|---- -2-3--5--5----| 
E --3------5--5-5--3--|--3-5---------3----|