Twenty Years Ago
Kenny Rogers

Submitted By Tiny Man
kellymark@rogers.com

Capo 1st Fret


[Intro]     G      C   G
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It's been a long time since I've walked through this old town____ Oh how the memories start to flow
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There's the old movie house, they finally closed it down you could find me there every Friday night
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__Twenty year?s ago_________


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I worked the counter at the drugstore down the street___ but nobody's left there that I would know
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On Saturday mornings that's where all my friends would meet you'll be surprised what a dime would
        D               G      F#bass
Buy___ twenty years ago______



[Chorus]
             Em                     C                     G          F#bass         Em                 C
All my memories from those days come gather round me_______ what I'd give if they could take me
               D             G                   C           G                             C   G
Back in Time Oh, it almost seems like yesterday, where do the good times go? Life was so much easier
D                      G     C   G
____Twenty year?s ago_________


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I guess I should stop by Mr. Johnson's Hardware Store ___His only son was my friend Joe
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___He joined the army back in 1964___How could we know he would never come back
D                    G     F#bass
___ Twenty years ago?________





[Chorus]
             Em                     C                     G          F#bass         Em                 C
All my memories from those days come gather round me_______ what I'd give if they could take me
               D             G                   C           G                             C   G
Back in Time Oh, it almost seems like yesterday, where do the good times go? Life was so much easier
D                      G     C   G                                  C          D                     G    C   G
____Twenty year?s ago_________ Oh, it almost seems like yesterday_____ twenty years ago._________