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Topic: Covid: The Missing Years (Re-written)

I changed the lyrics, chords and how it's played.



Covid: The Missing Years by Jim Kenyon


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finger pick the verses, strum the chorus




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[D]It was the 12th of March, and [G]Spring was on the way


I [A]looked out my window, seemed like an ordinary [D]day


Had a lot of plans in mind, with so [G]many things to do


Oh I [A]never thought a virus would have me feelin' sad and [D]blue,


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[D]Everyone said China, eating [G]bats might be the blame


but it [A] really doesn’t matter much, we're never gonna be the [D]same


Wear a mask and keep your distance, and [G]listen to the news


well [A]what’s the truth, what are lies, and who is gettin'[D] screwed


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[D]I thought this can’t be happening, it [G] seemed so damn surreal


with [A]people taking temperatures, and asking how you [D]feel


Closing down our schools and bars even [G]places that we eat


I'm [A]looking out from my front porch, just see an empty[D] street




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Chorus


[D]Well Jimmy got quarantined, [G]Arlene wore her mask


[A] Did you get your vaccination, is the question they all [D]ask


[D]Things shut down all around the world, [G]isn’t much that we can do


[A]Just wishing we'd go back in time and 23[D] skidoo






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[D]Thousands were getting sick, yeah [G]many people died


both [A] common folk and celebrities, a whole lot of people [D] cried


No concerts or games to watch, can’t even [G]watch our children play


and [A]Health care workers on the line, nearly every single [D]day


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[D]Work from home, meet in zoom, makin' [G]tik-toc’s to pass the time


the hours [A] steal our lives away, while we all have to walk the [D]line


some never got their first kiss, some lost a [G]summer at the beach


others [A]lost the last chance to hold someone, cause they were out of [D]reach


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[D]We talk about the future, but seems we’re [G]living in the past


as we [A]watch how the world is changing, and hide behind our [D]mask


someday they'll ask what was it like, was it [G] really how it appears ?


and I'll [A]say I don't remember much, it was covid, the missing [D]years



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Chorus


[D]Well Jimmy got quarantined, [G]Arlene wore her mask


[A] Did you get your vaccination, is the question they all [D]asked


[D]Things shut down all around the world, [G]isn’t much that we can do


[A]Just wishing we'd go back in time and 23[D] skidoo


[A]Just wishing we'd go back in time and 23[D] skidoo




slow finger pick last line




yeah,[A]Just wishing we could go back in time and 23[D] skidoo






Your vision is not limited by what your eye can see, but what your mind can imagine.
Make your life count, and the world will be a better place because you tried.

"Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except only the the best." - Henry Van Dyke

Re: Covid: The Missing Years (Re-written)

still brilliant Jim, very powerful makes us all think. if we stick to the rules it will eventually go away, and that's something to live for.     

Ask not what Chordie can do for you, but what you can do for Chordie.

Re: Covid: The Missing Years (Re-written)

Jim you have a magic way of writing about this Covid thing and how it has shaken the world. 2019 none of us could have imagined how the world was going to be hit in 2020 and 2021. Your a brilliant powerful songwriter.