G                                            D
I met an old man one morning, in an all night coffee shop
                                    Am
he looked about as old as time and, the folks around there called him pop
D           C
He said down beside me and winked one eye and grinned
G       A                     C
Said he thought he knew me the minute I came in
                                             Bm                      Em                   Am
he said I looked like his son, but said that couldn't be, you see he said he died in the summer of 43
D                               G                             D
And then he got to talking about time and how we waste it and he said

[Talking]
          G                     Am      D
Time goes by so quickly we dont notice
D   Am        Bm   C        Bm
the Days they come and then they go
G      C        D              G
Day by Day they come until its over
Em            Am             D     G
and then they vanish like the dust upon the snow

[Talking]
G                                                          D
Well he looked at me as if he wanted to know if I knew what he meant about the dust upon the snow
                           Am                       D
so I smiled and said i did but I never though about time
            C
I was young and had more than that on my mind
G       Bm     C
besides I said I just stopped in for a quick cup
                                  Bm                            Em
and im in a hurry because downtown a blondes going to keep me up
Em                          Am            D
he looked at me and with a whisper said I understand,
              G                                   D
you see I was young once, I havent always been an old man
G                                                                Am           D
we talked until I had my coffe down and I said so long and hurried off to town
D            Am
well tonight I thought I would drop in to that coffee shop
D                                                     C
because I wanted to spend a little more time with old Pop
                                  Am
and then the waitress told me that just 2 weeks
C                                     Bm
ago the old man went outside and just kinda fell over in the snow
Em                  Am
and I remember that old man so well
D                                                   G
its hard to thing he's dead when just two weeks ago today sat down beside me and said

[Singing]
G                               Am
Time goes by so quickly we dont notice
D   Am        Bm   C        Bm
the days they come and then they go
G      C        D              D
Day by day the come untils its over
Em            Am                            G
and then they vanish like the dust upon the snow
         Am     D        C                   G
yes they vanish like the dust upon the snow