Century Plant

G
Outside my house is a cactus plant
                       A
they call the century tree
G
Only once in a hundred years
                 A
it flowers gracefully
         G                      A
and you never know when it will bloom

[Chorus]
D           A           C
Hey, do you wanna come out
G                D
and play the game?
     A         C         G
it's never too late (2x)


C          G                Bb
Clementine Hunter was fifty-four
           F                C
before she packed up the pain

G  Bb F

C          G                 Bb
Old Uncle Taylor was eighty-one
        F         C
when he rode his bike
                     G            Bb F
across the plains of China (uh-huh)
         F                    A
And the sun was shining on that day
A
just like today

[Chorus]
D       A           C
do you want to come out
      G        D
and play the game?
A               C    G
it's never too late (2x)

C

G
Didn't know how to tell her
G                      A
for all the thirty years
G
kept locked up inside himself
G                    A
and no one saw the tears
G                   A
and then she went away
G                    A
and he woke up that day

G            A
Went back to college
       G            A
at the age of sixty-three
G              A
graduated with honours
        G            A
with an agricultural degree
       G             A
And he joined up the peace core
       G            A
at the age of sixty-nine
       G              A
And he rode the grand rapids
       G             A
at the age of eighty-five


Em                          D
now he brings roses to his sweetheart
G                  A
she lives most anywhere
Em                   D
he sees someone suffering
   G           A
he knows that despair
G                 A
he offers them a rose
G                  A
and some quiet prose
G                                 A
'bout dancin' in a shimmering ballroom
            G                       A
'cause you never know when it will bloom

[Chorus]
D           A           C
Hey, do you wanna come out
      G        D
and play the game?
A       C         G
it's never too late (8x)