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VP 08 Three Score Years and Ten
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A rockabilly musing on aging and mortality... quite upbeat!
positive death age mortality
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Singer-songwriter, arranger and producer: acoustic contemporary folk but ranging into rock/blues/country/jazz/humour...all very eclectic, I'm afraid!
Martin Stirrup Singer/songwriter An old folkie who got back into it... These days I sing and play guitar(s) and other stringed instruments, then score and orchestrate where appropriate. My taste becomes increasingly eclectic ranging from finger-picked folk through country to soft rock mixed in with a few more alternative and eccentric numbers, including the odd novelty foxtrot...
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Rock
Charts
Peak #46
Peak in subgenre #6
Author
Martin Stirrup
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Martin Stirrup
Uploaded
May 20, 2020
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MP3 7.3 MB • 320 kbps • 3:12
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WAV 32.3 MB
Story behind the song
"The trouble with getting old is all your friends start dying" to quote the great philosopher of New Cross, Ron Moore... And as one approaches that biblical milestone... You gotta laugh though, haven't'ya!
Lyrics
Three score years and ten E7 (C7shape 4th fret) A7 A6 E7 You know you're getting old when friends start slipping away A A7 G B7 You know you're getting closer to your own dying day E E7 Getting olds not for the fainthearted AG You start losing track of your dearly departed E E7 AC Time slips by so fast and then EC9 B9E B7 You find you're getting closer to that three score years and ten People say that lifes a farce but the jokes on them To stop from falling on their arse they keep tight hold of their nursemaids hem If you worry too much youll end up craven Might as well spend your whole life raving Either way, time will pass and then You find you're getting closer to that three score years and ten Why waste your life just wondering what its all about Dont waste your breath its a better thing to sing and shout Dont listen to religious pleading Original sin is plain misleading What came first the chickens egg or the hen Youll still be heading for your three score years and ten A I may be right I may be wrong E I guess Ill never know A When your time comes theyll bang that gong B Bb B B+7 And itll be the end of your show
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