Intro. 
G   D  Am   C 
G   D  Am   C 
Verse 1: 
G                 D 
Picked up a buffalo nickel 
Am      C                  G           D         Am         C 
outside Hampton's grocery and video store. 
G               D 
Shined it up on my old jeans  
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and noticed that buffalo had three legs,    steada  four. 
G 
Mr. Hampton looked it up in a book 
    D 
said son you got some kinda luck 
C                                    D (start strum) 
somebody might of lost five cents but you just found five-hundred bucks 
 

G             D 
Sometimes it's just your time 
     Am                       C 
there aint no reason and there aint no rhyme 
G                 D               Am                      C               C 
Otta the blue the stars align everybodys gotta have there turn to shine. 
 
C   G    Am    C    C    *G  D   Am  C         (*Play chords the same as intro) 
Sometimes   it's   just your time.  
 
Verse2: 
G                                   D 
Five-hundred dollars wouldn't buy me a car 
      Am                           C 
so I sold that nickel and I bought a guitar 
G                D        Am     C 
Taught myself to play 
G                 D        Am                     C 
Hitched a ride to Tennesse just that old gold top gibson and me 
G                        D    Am    C 
and I learned how to wait. 
G 
She found me in a Nashville bar 
D 
tryin' to make a living, wasn't gettin' to far 
C                                        D (start strum) 
The sky opened up when she walked in and walked back out with my heart. 
 
Chorus 2: 
G            D 
Sometimes its just your time 
     Am                       C 
there aint no reason and there aint no rhyme 
G                 D               Am                      C 
Otta the blue the stars align everybodys gotta have there turn to shine. 
G                 D 
Catch your break, accept your fate 
Am                     C       C 
Every dogs gotta have his day. 
C   G  Am  C   C    G 
Sometimes its just your time. 
 
Solo: 
G D Am C 
G D Am C 
 
Bridge: 
G 
I don't worry about when. I won't start now, 
D 
when your number comes up and your light goes out 
C 
I'm still here so I must be blessed 
   D 
And I'm gonna keep rockin' till the good Lord says 
 
End Chorus: 
G            D 
Sometimes its just your time 
     Am                       C 
there aint no reason and there aint no rhyme 
G                D               Am                     ^C 
Otta the blue the stars align everybodys gotta have there turn to shine. 
G                 D 
Catch your break, accept your fate 
Am                C 
Every dogs gotta have his day. 
G            D 
Sometimes its just your time 
     Am                       C 
there aint no reason and there aint no rhyme 
G                 D               Am                      C 
Otta the blue the stars align everybodys gotta have there turn to shine. 
G                 D 
Catch your break, accept your fate 
Am                     C       C 
Every dogs gotta have his day. 
C   G   Am C  C    G (let ring) 
Sometimes its just your time.