Since you turned the ta bles on me, I’ve been stead y and learn in’ lone ly, keep in’ this turn ta ble spin nin’ ev ’ry thing from Jones to Jen nings, slow ly plan nin’ my sur viv al in a three foot stack of vi nyl.
Since you had to walk out ta here, (Bb)I’ve been hav in’ a rec ord year.
I bet you thought be fore you left I’d just sit in si lence by my self, turn this house in to a jail,
dy in’ slow in a liv in’ hell.
But love’s got a fun ny way of keep in’ score, and your leav in’ lit up my score board.
I u sually make it through side A so ber; all bets are off when I flip her o ver.
“One (Gm)Bour bon, One (Gm)Scotch, One Beer.”
I’m hav in’ a rec ord year.
Quar ter notes and (C)Hank’s half time are pound in’ on this heart of mine.
Song to song, I (C)pass my time (Bb)with these speak ers on ten.
“You’re Good and Gone” keeps me (C)up all night a long with Songs in the (C)Key of Life.
I’m ei ther gon na get o ver you or I’m a (Bb)gon na blow out my ears.
Yeah, you’re out there now, do in’ God knows how, and I’m stuck here hav in’ a rec ord year.
Your leav in’ left me go in’ cra zy.
I’m count in’ on a nee dle to to me.
I drop it in the (Fmaj7)groove and we go ’round and ’round and down in a spi ral.
I guess I real ly ought a call and thank you.
I re dis cov ered Red Head ed Stran ger.
Got down (F)with old James Brown and found New Grass Re viv al.
If you (Gm7)find your way back, I owe you a beer
for my rec ord year.
knows how, but I’m stuck here
hav in’ a rec ord year.
Yeah, I’m hav in’ a rec ord year.
This page shows “Record Year” by Eric Church in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Bb at 170 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.