F                                               C
Come on in, sit yourself down and kick your feet up my friend,
F                                                    C
Put your feet up, there's wine in a cup Its good to see you again
G                                      C                            F
Haven't seen your smile for quite a while so just unwind, relax your mind
G               C
Let the time go by.

[Bridge]

F C G C

[Verse 2]
F                                                 C
Let me see now I aint seen since while down in coconut grove
F                                                             C
Except for the time we pick played one night but that was really no joke
G                                                    C                               F
Cause I got to drunk but hell I always played that way so aint nothin changed its still the same
G                   C
So let the time go by

[Bridge]

F C G C

[Verse 3]
F                                                         C
Say, how is your lady, She still just as crazy? What the hell was her name?
Oh yea (spoken)
F                                                       C
Remember the night we both got so tight We never did catch a plane?
G                                       C                       F
We played guitar all night in that terminal, we had a ball, we played them all
G                     C
And let the time go by.

[Bridge]

F C G C

[Verse 4]
F                                                         C
You still live upstairs? Your cats are all there and your dozen guitars?
F                                                     C
They say we all changed But I feel the same and I know that you are.
G                                              C                                F
They always said we played 'em much too long. But what's a song, it carries on
G                       C
and makes the time go by?

[Bridge]

F C G C

[Verse 5]
F                                        C
I live in the west, Texas, I guess old Austin's the best.
F                                                     C
I’m building a house Its a mile to the south the old bird's gonna nest.
G                                  C                                F
The radio gonna play our songs sometimes and make me smile, erase some miles,
G                       C
And make the time go by.

[Bridge]

F C G C

[Verse 6]
C                               F
Yes it's a long old road that we ride down my friends.
C                               G
Yes, it's a long old road that we ride.
C                                         F
But I know we’ll make it through we’ll make it to the end,
C                    G                 C
Yes, friends, we'll make it, you and I.
    F           C          F           C
Mmmm  Mmmm   Mmmm  Mmmm  Fade….