Written by Gordon Lightfoot
Intro: G verse 1: C G D G Listen up and I'll tell you what you'll do C D G Forget about music and alcohol too C Am D Forget about your baby, we got other work for you G C D Em Better drink yer glasses empty now, it's time to rise and shine G C D G There's one less cause in the world to be leaving for verse 2: C D G It was back in '39 when I was one year old C D G Sitting by the backyard fence and the world had turned so cold C Am D G Drink yer glasses empty now, was all that they were told A D G Drink yer glasses boys and girls, it's time to hit the sky A D C ~ Am To the tune of thunder, there's no time to wonder why verse 3: G C G D G We'd love to take life over, that is plain C D G Forget about sorrow, forget about pain C Am D Watch a John Wayne movie to remind us once again G C D Em Better drink yer glasses empty now, it's time to hit the line G C D G You got one less cause in the world to be leaving for A D G Drink yer glasses girls and boys, it's time to hit the sky A D C ~ Am To the tune of thunder, there's a tear in every eye verse 4: C G D G I'd like to take things one at a time C D G Forget about reason, forget about rhyme C Am D Beg, steal, or borrow you got another hill to climb G C D Em So drink yer glasses empty now, it's time to hit the road G C D G There's one less cause in the world to be leaving for A D G Drink yer glasses girls and boys, it's time to hit the sky A D C ~ Am To the tune of thunder, there's no time to wonder why verse 5: C G D G We'd like to take life over again C D G When time of war had passed away into the rain C Am D And watch a John Wayne movie to remind us of the plains G C D Em Just drink yer glasses empty now, it's time to rise and shine G C D G There's one less cause in the world to be leaving for