My Better Years

The Seldom Scene

Written by Hazel Dickens

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

G                                 C
Now you’re back on my doorstep a’ crying
       G                              D7
Like I cried through all those lonely years
      G
But I can’t dry your tears
              C                   G
It’s been too long since love was here
                          D7        G
And I’ve already gave you my better years

Verse 2

                                   C
So the pages of time kept right on turning
           G                             D7
They never stopped for us to harvest the years
        G                            C
And old embers of love kept right on dying
              G         D7        G
For there was no one to dry up my tears

Verse 1

G                                 C
Now you’re back on my doorstep a’ crying
       G                              D7
Like I cried through all those lonely years
      G
But I can’t dry your tears
              C                   G
It’s been too long since love was here
                          D7        G
And I’ve already gave you my better years

Verse 3

But I try not to blame you
      C
And I try not to shame you
G                            D7
All I can do now is wish you well
       G
But if you should need a friend
        C               G
I’ll be there until the end
                     D7       G
Just don’t ask me to love you again

Verse 4

                                 C
Don’t come back on my doorstep a-crying
       G                       D7
Hoping for what’s been dead so long
        G                         C
For the embers have all turned to ashes
                G            D7                G
There’s nothing here but old memories and this song

Verse 5

                                 C
Don’t come back on my doorstep a-crying
                  G               D7                C  G
My friend there’s nothing but old memories and this song