F                             C
Turn up the lights so we can see
                Bb              F
The red-head grandson on your knee
F                          C
Better hold him while you can
                   Bb
He'll be walking soon

Eb               Ab                 Db
This time next year you'll want to take him
Eb                 F
Down the old road behind your house


F                                   C
To show him the sun on the autumn fields
              Bb            F
To smell the wind-blown alfalfa
F                                 C
To look out where the geese are rising
           Bb
For their southern flight
Eb         Ab           Db
Circling arrows in the sky
            Eb               F
Above the ditches and the cottonwood

[Chorus]
Bb    C       F
This time next year
F
There'll be stories to tell
Bb          C               Dm
And he will listen to you, quiet in your arms
Bb               C
And there'll be songs to sing him
Dm         Eb      Bb
While he goes to sleep
Bb                      C
When we gather in your home
                 F
This time next year

[Verse 2]
F                            C
The boy is laughing on your knee
         Bb            F
Hold him up so we can see
F                            C
Hold him high because we're lifted
          Bb
In his laughter
 Eb        Ab                Db
And in the gladness he has brought you
        Eb              F
As you walk these heavy Miles

[Chorus]
Bb    C       F
This time next year
F
There'll be stories to tell
Bb          C               Dm
And he will listen to you, quiet in your arms
Bb               C
And there'll be songs to sing him
Dm         Eb      Bb
While he goes to sleep
Bb                      C
When we gather in your home
                 F
This time next year

Bb    C       F
This time next year
F
There'll be stories to tell
Bb          C               Dm
And he will listen to you, quiet in your arms
Bb               C
And there'll be songs to sing him
Dm         Eb      Bb
While he goes to sleep
Bb                      C
When we gather in your home
                 F
This time next year