[1] [5] I'm an old man [6m] now I [4] can't do [1] nothing [5] [6m] [4]
[1] [5] Young folks [6m] don't pay [4] me no [1] mind [5] [6m] [4]
[1] [5] But in my day [6m] I [4] sure was [1] something [5] [6m] [4]
Be-[1]-fore I [5] felt the [6m] heavy [4] hand of [1] time [5] [6m] [4]

I'm an old man now I'm bound for glory
Time to lay these burdens down
Had enough of this old world of worry
Gonna trade my troubles for a crown

I will [1] make my [5] way a-[6m]-cross the [4] fields of co-[1]-tton [5] [6m] [4]
And [1] wade through [5] muddy [6m] waters [4] one last [1] time [5] [6m] [4]
And [1] in my [5] dreams I [6] come out [4] clean [6m] when I [5] reach the other [4] side
West of where the [2m] sun sets [4] where rainbows never [1] die

[5] I've got one last thing to do
[4] One more mile before I'm through
[5] Casting off these earthly chains
[4] Going where there's [5] no more pain

[1] [5] I'm an old man [6m] now I [4] can't do [1] nothing [5] [6m] [4]
[1] [5] Young folks [6m] don't pay [4] me no [1] mind