D             Am
My old man he works five hours
     C                    G
when most folk open their eyes
    D                Am
His knees are givin' out
            C                 G
But he says sweats how, he survives

   D                Am
My mama worked at a nursing home
C                     G
She told me what they say
D                 Am
As they died they whispered
       C             G
Not to give one day away

   D               Am
My grandpa was a mason
        C                      G
He laid brick till his hat was hung
   D                   Am
He told me two cicadas sang him songs
     D               G
When he was wild and young

D                    Am
All these years that hurry by
     C               G
Keep taking too damn long
D                  Am
Soon enough you'll hear the sound
              C                   G
Of sound of cicadas singin' their song

        D   Am  C   G   D   Am  C   G
Singin' oooooh, oooooh, oooooh, oooooh

D             Am                   C               G
Often times I think of them like a choir from back home
D                 Am             C            G
Distance has an awful way to make a boy feel alonе
D                         Am
I'll send him letters and stamp thеm twice
   C                   G
To make sure that they send

    D                 Am
You send me sounds of that old place
          C            G
And the cicadas in the wind

       D   Am  C   G   D   Am  C   G
Singin oooooh, oooooh, oooooh, oooooh

D             Am                C                     G
Me and all my buddies ran those hills till they turn black
  D            Am                  C           G
Remembering Randal"s smile and then a baseball cap
D                Am
We lost him with his front-end
C                  G
wrapped around a tree

D              Am              C                 G
Not a day goes by that I don't wish that boy was me

       D   Am  C   G
Singin oooooh, oooooh
       D   Am  C   G
Singin oooooh, oooooh

        D               Am               C           G
Those cicadas singin as we all bring our sorry asses home
    D                               Am
The middle of the spring as the moonlight rings
      C         G
Youll never be alone
        D               Am               C           G
Those cicadas singin as we all bring our sorry asses home
       D                              Am
In the middle of the spring as the moonlight rings
      C         G
Youll never be alone

       D   Am  C   G   D   Am  C   G
Singin oooooh, oooooh, oooooh, oooooh