C         G7             C
Don’t be ashamed of your age
D7
Don’t let the years get you down
     G7                      C              Am
That old gang you knew, they still think of you
     G7              D7       G7
As a rounder in your old home town


C                           F
Don’t mind the grey in your hair
              D7                                G7
Just think of all the fun you've had puttin’ it there
                C                        D7              A7
And as for that old book of time, you’ve never skipped a page
   D7        G7             C    A7
So don’t be ashamed of your age, brother
D7        G7             C
Don’t be ashamed of your age


               G7            C
Now listen Mr. Smith and Mr. Brown
D7
Don’t let your age get you down
G7                 C           Am
Life ain’t begun until your 40 some
       G7                       D7    G7
That’s when you really start to go to town


      C                    F
Don’t wish that you were a lad
                D7                                G7
Why boy, you’ve lost more girls than they’ve ever had
            C                          D7         A7
And listen, you’ve graduated from that old sucker stage
  D7         G7             C    A7
So don’t be ashamed of your age, brother
D7        G7             C
Don’t be ashamed of your age