Thirty Years Of Tears John Hiatt From the 1990 A&M Records release Stolen Moments waltz (¾ time), listen to the CD for timing and the chord pattern. In the intro and between lines of the verse for the chord change from G to Cadd9, play the G (320033), lift your first two fingers and strum the A7sus4(x00033), then hammer the 1st and 2nd fingers to the Cadd9(x32033). Chords / / e|--3---3--------3-------3-----0-------3-------3---------3----| B|--3---3--------3-------3-----3-------3-------3---------3----| G|--0---0--------0-------0-----2-------2-------2---------0----| D|--0---0--------2-------2-----0-------0-------0---------0----| A|--2---0--------3-------2-----x-------x-------0---------2----| E|--3---x--------x-------0-----x-------x-------x---------x----| Intro and Riff 1: G A7sus4 Cadd9 (see performance notes) Riff 1 Is this a place I can rest my poor head, Riff 1 To gather my thoughts in sweet si......lence? Riff 1 Is this a place where the feelings aren't dead, From an overexposure to violence? / / / And is this a place I can slowly face / / The only one I truly can know? These are tears from a long time ago, I've got these tears from a long time ago, and I need to cry thirty years or so. These are tears from a long time ago. / / Riff 1 "Oh, Darling, Oh, darling" you say unto me, Riff 1 "Oh, Where have you been all my life...time?" Riff 1 Well, I have been swimmin' the seven sad seas, Fair women have thrown me their lifelines, / / / And I just pulled them in to the water's dark grin, / / I'd have warned 'em but I didn't know. These are tears from a long time ago, I've got these tears from a long time ago, and I need to cry thirty years or so. These are tears from a long time ago. / Interlude Chords: / / (2x) (2x) / / (2x) / / Riff 1 Well, I've cried me a river, I've cried me a lake, Riff 1 Hell, I cried 'til the past nearly drowned me. Riff 1 Tears for sad consequence, tears for mistakes, But never these tears that surround me. / / / Alone in this place with a lifetime to trace, / / And a heartbeat that tells me it's so. Oh, and I've got these tears from a long time ago, These are tears from a long time ago, and I need to cry thirty years or so, These are tears from a long time ago, These are tears from a long time ago, I've got these tears from a long time ago.