Artist: | Roy Clark (English) |
User: | malcolmgeorgewalker |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 15 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
Yesterday When I Was Young Roy Clark (CAPO 3)
Verse 1
Dm G
Yesterday when I was young
C F
the taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue
Dm E
I teased at life as if it were a foolish game
E7 Am
the way an evening breeze may tease a candle flame
Verse 2
Am Dm G
The thousand dreams I dreamed, the splendid things I planned
C F
I always built alas on weak and shifting sand
Dm E
I lived by night and shunned the naked light of day
E7 Am
and only now I see how the years have ran away
Verse 3
Dm G
Yesterday when I was young
C F
so many happy songs were waiting to be sung,
Dm E
so many childhood pleasures lay in store for me
E7 Am
and so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see
Verse 4
Am Dm G
I ran so fast that time and youth at last ran out
C F
I never stopped to think what life was all about
Dm E
and every conversation I can now recall
E7 Am
concerned itself with me and nothing else at all
Instrumental (last 2 verses)
Verse 5
Dm G
Yesterday the moon was blue
C F
and every crazy day brought something new to do
Dm E
I used my magic youth as if it were a wand
E7 Am
and never saw the waste and emptiness beyond
Verse 6
Am Dm G
The game of love I played with arrogance and pride
C F
and every flame I lit too quickly quickly died
Dm E
The friends I made all seemed somehow to drift away
E7 Am
and only I am left on stage to end the play
Verse 7
Am Dm G
There are so many songs in me that won't be sung
C F
I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue
F Dm E
The time has come for me to pay for yesterday
E7 Am
when I was........young.
OUTRO Last verse melody.