Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

- - (D-shape on 9th fret) (D-shape on 7th fret)

[you need to listen to the intro to get the idea]

Verse

If life is like a candle bright

 Then death must be the wind

You can close your window tight

 And it still comes blowing in

So I will climb the highest hill

 And watch the rising sun

 And I pray that I don't feel the chill

 Till I'm too old to die young

Chorus

Let me watch my children grow

 To see what they become

 Oh Lord don't let that cold wind blow

 Till I'm too old to die young

(repeat intro)

Verse

I have had some dear sweet friends

 I thought would never die

 Now the only thing that's left of them

 Is the tear drops in my eyes

If I could have one wish today

 And know it would be done

 Well I would say everyone could stay

 Till they're too old to die young

Repeat chorus twice

(fiddle plays solo, then fades)