G 
I remember yesterday 
Bm 
When I'd sit and watch the hound dogs play 
Am 
Howlin' at the China moon 
D 
Now yesterday is the busted balloon 
G 
Life was young and things were easy, 
Bm 
Days were short, nights were warm 
Am 
Times were good, hate was shallow 
D 
Love was crazy and I had it in my marrow 
C 
And I swear that I've seen your face  
D 
somewhere back in that time and in that place 
G 
Do you remember,…the old house stood like World War Two  
Bm 
with just two rooms and a hall to be used 
Am 
The lady was mean just slightly unclean  
D 
with a heart of cold silver and gold 
G 
The kitchen smelled of kerosene 
Bm 
Ceiling hung down unveiled the rotted beams 
Am 
and the man, they said, his work it could of hung in the Louvre 
D 
Now he sits around all day because his left arm won't move 
C 
He was a master of the art of electricity 
D 
He lectured on tubes and circuitry 
C 
He was self-employed, but he could never see  
D 
his way into the light 
G 
He had a room full of switches and dials and lights  
Bm 
and a head full of clouds and eyes full of sight 
Am 
And when it got dark,I could hear his heart beat  
D 
like a mother in the night 
G 
She stood like a guardian ready to give everything up 
Bm 
If I had asked for a sword and her blood in a cup 
Am 
but there was just a time when I asked for too much 
D 
She sighed because she could not give it 
G 
We used to sit beneath the tree  
Bm 
just the lady, the radio man and me 
Am 
And I think it was the winter of '63  
D 
the man went away and let us be 
C 
It was early on an August day  
D 
that the lady decided she too must go away 
C 
For her heart it seems could not pay the price  
D 
for what her body was buying 
G 
I came home from school and I found the note 
Bm 
I went into the kitchen and lit the old stove 
Am 
With senses set on overload 
D 
I turned on the TV,  
G 
spent the rest of the afternoon  
Bm 
watching all my old cartoons  
Am 
and thru the hall and across the porch  
D 
was the sun surrendered like a crying torch