Lirik dan Chord Lagu Before My Time - Johnny Cash

Lagu tersebut muncul di dalam album studio ke-66 miliknya yang diberi nama American III: Solitary Man.

Album yang diproduseri olehnya bersama Rick Rubin tersebut dirilis pada tahun 2000 melalui label American Recordings. 

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Before My Time” dari Johnny Cash:

[Verse 1]

G

I know that hearts were loving 

     D7

Long before I was here

        D7

And I'm not the first to ever cry

      G

In my bed or in my beer

[Verse 2]

           C

There were songs before there was radio

   G                   Em

Of love that stays and love that goes

          C

They were writing melancholy tunes

                       D7

And tearful words that rhyme

          G      D7        G

Before my time   before my time

[Verse 3]

G

There were songs in old dusty books

   D7

Of love that's always been

      D7

Sweet lovers in their glory

        G

Who are now gone with the wind

[Verse 4]

    C

Old fashion love words spoken then

     G           Em

Keep coming back around again

C

Nothings changed except the names

                           D7

Their love burns just like mine

          G     D7        G

Before my time  before my time

[Verse 5]

    C

And in the dim of yesterday

G

I can clearly see

     C

That flesh and blood cried out to someone

G             D7

As it does in me

[Bridge]

              G

And there was some old song that said

  C

I love you till I die

          G     D7        G

Before my time  before my time

[Verse 5]

             G

But what the old time masters had

   D7

Is what I feel for you

    D7

Love is love and doesn't change

     G

In a century or two

[Outro]

   C

If someway they had seen and knew

G                   Em

How it would be for me and you

       C

They'd wish for love like yours

                                  D7

And they would wish for love like mine

          G     D7        G

Before my time  before my time