Just a song relating to my visit to see all my family on my wife’s side that has taken actually a little longer than ten years since I last visited them. It is somewhat of a shock to see all that happens in that amount of time and takes quite a bit of catching up. I will try and make sure I keep my visits less infrequent. I hope you like the song.
Ten Years of Changing By Jeff Gilpin
October 28th, 2007
Intro
[A] [G] [D]
Verse 1
[D]Ten years of changing while I was away
A [A]sight for my [G]sore eyes to [D]see
[D]Ten years of changing while I try to catch up
With [A]all that [G]has come to [D]be [D7]
Chorus
[G]Ten years of growing-up while [D]I’ve grown old
[A]Ten years in the world learning [D]right from wrong [D7]
[G]Ten years of changing in [D]this crazy old world
I’d say [A]ten years was [G]ten years too [D]long
Verse 2
[D]Ten years of changing meant moves here and there
In [A]ten years things [G]changed quite a [D]bit
You've [D]moving from the country into the city
While for [A]ten years I’ve [G]not had a vis[D]it [D7]
Chorus
[G]Ten years of growing-up while [D]I’ve grown old
[A]Ten years in the world learning [D]right from wrong [D7]
[G]Ten years of changing in [D]this crazy old world
I’d say [A]ten years was [G]ten years too [D]long
Verse 3
[D]Now I meet new children I’d not known before
That are [A]no longer [G]babies at [D]all
Who I [D]remember as children are now all grown up
In [A]ten years they’ve [G]grown up quite [D]tall [D7]
Chorus
[G]Ten years of growing-up while [D]I’ve grown old
[A]Ten years in the world learning [D]right from wrong [D7]
[G]Ten years of changing in [D]this crazy old world
I’d say [A]ten years was [G]ten years too [D]long
Verse 4
[D]Now if ten years from now it happens again
That I [A]stay away from [G]family too [D]long
[D]I’ll have no one else to blame but myself
For [A]getting this [G]life lesson [D]wrong
Chorus
[G]Ten years of growing-up while [D]I’ve grown old
[A]Ten years in the world learning [D]right from wrong [D7]
[G]Ten years of changing in [D]this crazy old world
I’d say [A]ten years was [G]ten years too [D]long
Verse 5
I can’t [D]get the years back but I can make up the time
By [A]trying to keep [G]better in [D]touch
As my [D]next years go by I’ll try and repair
These [A]ten years I’ve [G]missed ya’ll so [D]much
Chorus
[G]Ten years of growing-up while [D]I’ve grown old
[A]Ten years in the world learning [D]right from wrong [D7]
[G]Ten years of changing in [D]this crazy old world
I’d say [A]ten years was [G]ten years too [A]long [G] [D]
Gainesville is just west of Manassas and where I live is on the edge of Haymarket just off I-66. It’s almost like the mountains but not quite