Yesterday When I Was Young

Intro: 
Gm A7 Dm 


[Verso 1]
 
     Gm              C7 
Yesterday when I was young 
                      F                     Bb 
The taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue 
                    Gm                    A7 
I teased at life as if it were a foolish game 
                    Dm 
The way the evening breeze may tease a candle flame 
 


[Verso 2]
 
                      Gm                             C7 
The thousand dreams I dreamed, the splendid things I planned 
                  F                         Bb 
I always built to last on weak and shifting sand 
                     Gm                         A7 
I lived by night and shunned the naked light of day 
               Dm 
And only now I see how the years ran away 
 


[Verso 3]
 
     Gm              C7 
Yesterday when I was young 
              F                         Bb 
So many happy songs were waiting to be sung, 
                   Gm                      A7 
So many wayward pleasures lay in store for me 
                     Dm 
And so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see 
 


[Verso 4]
 
                   Gm                         C7 
I ran so fast that time and youth at last ran out 
                   F                       Bb 
I never stopped to think what life was all about 
                Gm               A7 
And every conversation I can now recall 
                      Dm 
Concerned itself with me and nothing else at all  

Instrumental: 
Gm C7 F Bb Gm A7 Dm 


[Verso 5]
 
     Gm                C7 
Yesterday the moon was blue 
                F                            Bb 
And every crazy day brought something new to do 
                Gm                   A7 
I used my magic age as if it were a wand 
                   Dm 
And never saw the waste and emptiness beyond 
 


[Verso 6]
 
                   Gm                        C7 
The game of love I played with arrogance and pride 
                  F                       Bb 
And every flame I lit too quickly quickly died 
                       Gm                      A7 
The friends I made all seemed somehow to drift away 
                   Dm 
And only I am left on stage to end the play 
 


[Verso 7]
 
                  Gm                         C7 
There are so many songs in me that won't be sung 
                  F                      Bb 
I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue 
                     Gm                 A7                Dm 
The time has come for me to pay for yesterday when I was young 
 


[Verso 8]
 
     Gm              C7 
Yesterday when I was young 
              F                         Bb 
So many happy songs were waiting to be sung, 
                   Gm                      A7 
So many wayward pleasures lay in store for me 
                     Dm 
And so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see 
 

Outro:
Gm C7 F Bb 
Gm A7 Dm