Minutes to Memories

John Mellencamp Minutes to Memories (From the album "Scarecrow") ------------------- CAPO on the 2nd FRET! INTRO: Guitar #1: (Repeat 4 times) DC9 E--2-2-0-2-0-2----------0-2-0-2-0-2-(Reach with second finger)---------| B--3--------------------3----------------------------------------------| G--2--------------------0----------------------------------------------| D--0--------------------2----------------------------------------------| A--0--------------------3----------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar #2: (Comes in on 3rd repetition of above) E--2-(vibrato)----------2--3--5--7-5-3--------------------------------- On a Greyhound thirty miles beyond Jamestown DC9 He saw the sun set on the Tennessee line DC9 He looked at the young man who was riding beside him DC9 He said I'm old kind of worn out inside DC9 I worked my whole life in the steel mills of Gary DC9 And my father before me I helped build this land DC9 Now I'm seventy-seven and with God as my witness DC9 I earned every dollar that passed through my hands DC9 My family and friends are the best things I've known AG Through the eye of the needle I'll carry them home AG CHORUS: Days turn to minutes and minutes to memories DCG Life sweeps away the dreams that we have planned DCG You are young and you are the future DCG So suck it up and tough it out and be the best that you can AG INTRO, TWICE, BOTH GUITAR PARTS The rain hit the dog in the twilight's last gleaming He said Son it sounds like rattling old bones This highway is long but I know some that are longer By sunup tomorrow I guess I'll be home Through the hills of Kentucky 'cross the Ohio River The old man kept talking 'bout his life and his times He fell asleep with his head against the window He said an honest man's pillow is his peace of mind This world offers riches and riches will grow wings I don't take stock in those uncertain things CHORUS INTRO, 4 TIMES, FIRST GUITAR ONLY The old man had a vision but it was hard for me to follow I do things my way and I pay a high price When I think back on the old man and the bus ride Now that I'm older I can see he was right Another hot one out on highway eleven This is my life It's what I've chosen to do There are no free rides No one said it'd be easy The old man told me this my son I'm telling it to you CHORUS FADE WITH INTRO CHORD FORMATIONS: (CAPO on the 2nd FRET!) ----------------- D2 x 0 0 2 3 x C9 x 3 2 0 3 0 G 3 2 0 0 3 3 A 0 0 2 2 2 x