Yesterday When I Was Young
Key: EEnglish
Verse
YesterAm7day when I was D7young
The taste of love was Gmaj7sweet as rain upon my Cmaj7tongue;
I teased at life as F#m7if it were a foolish B7game
The way the Emevening B(aug)breeze E7may tease a candle flame.
The thousand dreams I Am7dreamed the splendid things I D7planned--
I always built to Gmaj7last on weak and shifting Cmaj7sand;
I lived by night and F#m7shunned the naked light of B7day
And Emonly now I B(aug)see how E7the years ran away.
Verse
YesterAm7day when I was D7young
So many happy Gmaj7songs were waiting to be Cmaj7sung
So many wayward Am7pleasures lay in store for B7me
And so Emmuch pain my B(aug)dazzled E7eyes refused to see.
I ran so fast that Am7time and youth at last ran D7out
I never stopped to Gmaj7think what life was all aCmaj7bout;
And ev'ry converAm7sation I can now reB7call
Concerned itEmself B(aug)with me E7and nothing else at all.
Verse
YesterAm7day the moon was D7blue
And ev'ry crazy Gmaj7day brought something new to Cmaj7do
I used my magic F#m7age as if it were a B7wand
And neEmver saw B(aug)the waste E7and emptiness beyond.
The game of love I Am7played with arrogance and D7pride
And ev'ry Gmaj7flame I Cmaj7lit too quickly quickly died;
The friends I made all F#m7seemed somehow to drift aB7way
And Emonly I B(aug)am left E7on stage to end the play.
Verse
There are so many Am7songs in me that won't be D7sung
I feel the bitter Gtaste of tears upon my Cmaj7tongue;
The time has come for me to Am7pay for yesterB7day
(N.C.)When I was Emyoung. Am Em