G                        C      D                         G
I had a bad night. I mean not so bad, I thought I was king of the world
                 G                C                  D                    G
And I drank 'til daylight. I mean I never stopped once til my hands finally fell
                Bm                  Am                                           G
And I fought my daytime self with a mighty dose of, "Hey, look at the night time me!"
           Bm                            Am                                    G
I never do win that battle. But I fight it over and over and over and over, it seems


[VERSE 2]
             G      C          D                         G
And I saw an old man smilin on a park bench feedin the pigeons
                G                   C            D                     G
And my head was spinning. As my young body ached I wished for an old man vision
                  Bm           Am                          G
And I watched the way he move--slow serene and lucky to be alive
                   Bm                                  Am                                 G        G7
And I thought to myself, "I'm never gonna make it that far with too many nights like last night."


[CHORUS 1]
                C             D                             G              G7
And I rather be 75 and sunny, than acting like i was 17 and freezing again
                 C                     D                             G                           G7
I'd rather be up early in the morning, than up late at night erasing memories of where I've been
         C                     D                          Em
Or to be through at 52 someday stone-faced and bleary-eyed
           C                                        D                C             G
You better believe I'm living for the moment but my moment's growing bigger by and by


[VERSE 3]
             G      C          D                         G
And I've got a best friend, She don't drink or smoke like I've been known to
                G                   C            D                     G
Shes got religion, shes a one-women dynamo and shines a light in every room she goes to
                  Bm           Am                          G
She says the light that's there won't go nowhere, no way
                   Bm                                  Am                                 G        G7
She don't spend every second smiling, but she learning something exciting every day


[CHORUS 2]
  C             D                             G              G7
She rather be 75 and sunny, than 29 with a chance of showers all the time
 C                     D                             G                           G7
She rather be old as dirt than new as any $9 bottle of wine
         C                     D                          Em
Or to be thawed at 35, mama, stoned with her back to the wind
 C                                        D                C             G
You better believe she is living for the moment but her moment is the whole damn thing


[VERSE 4]
(Modulation: whole step up)
                A                 D             E                       A
And I see these spin kids, double wide-eyed and rolling and rolling and tumbling
                 A               D                      E                     A
There roaming in inches, taken the high dive approach and screaming towards the water
             C#m                          Bm                       A
Their hearts race a million miles as they buy another smile from a jar
                 C#m                               Bm                                 A       A7
Their bodies are screaming for the water and, you know, I just hope they can make it that far


[CHORUS 3]
               D             E                    A
I hope they're 75 and sunny, not 29 with a chance flurries all the time
             D                 E              A                        A7
I hope we're all old as dirt, not new as any $25 trip that we can try
         D                  E                            F#m
Or to be thawed at 35, mama stoned with our backs to the wind
           D                                          E             D          A
You better believe I'm living for moment, son, but my moment is the whole damn thing


[BRIDGE]
(Modulation: whole step down)
              C                                          G
And I say I'd rather be 75, oh how nice, oh how easy for me to say
C                                        G
I've never broken a bone in my life, let alone had my heart or a hip replaced
                Em                        C
And I keep this furious pace, and I still feel so good and strong
                Em
And I still get tempted for a taste, just a taste to keep me
D      C      Bm     Am
going, going, going, going
D      C      Bm     Am
going, going, going, going
D      C      Bm     Am     G
going, going, going, going, gone


[VERSE 5]
                 G           C            D               G
But I've I got a notion, That everything I learned coming 'round
         G                             C                  D                    G     G7
And my devotion to the new thing and the next thing and the hip thing is slowing down
               Bm                  Am             G    G7
And I've got a light in here won't go nowhere, no way
                  Bm                               Am                                G          G7
And I don't spend every second smiling and I ain't tryin', but I'm excited for every day, every day


[CHORUS 4]
                     C                 D                     G
'Cause I'd rather be 75 and sunny, Than 29 with a chance of showers all the time
              C                             D             G                     G7
I'd rather be old and in the way than this year's new kid running for my life
         C                   D                Em
Or to be thawed at 35, mama, stoned faced and bleary-eyed
           C                                         D
You better believe I'm living for the moment, but my moment...
           C                                         D
You better believe I'm living for the moment, but these moments...
           C                                         D
You better believe I'm living for the moment, but my moment's growing bigger
G
By and by...
G
By and by