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A Hundred Years From Now

Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt

Written by Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

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Verse 1

C                                        G7
Well a hundred years from now I won't be crying
                                    C
A hundred years from now I won't be blue
                                 F
And my heart will have forgotten that you broke every vow
G7                                C
I won't care a hundred years from now

Verse 2

                                        G7
Lord it seems that it was yesterday you told me
                                      C
You couldn't live without my love somehow
                                F
Now that you're with another it breaks my heart somehow
G7                                C
I won't care a hundred years from now

Verse 1

C                                        G7
Well a hundred years from now I won't be crying
                                    C
A hundred years from now I won't be blue
                                 F
And my heart will have forgotten that you broke every vow
G7                                C
I won't care a hundred years from now

Verse 3

                                           G7
Now do you recall the night sweetheart you promised
                               C
Another's kiss you never would allow
                               F
That's all in the past dear it didn't seem to last
G7                                C
I won't care a hundred years from now

Verse 1

C                                        G7
Well a hundred years from now I won't be crying
                                    C
A hundred years from now I won't be blue
                                 F
And my heart will have forgotten that you broke every vow
G7                                C
I won't care a hundred years from now