The World I Threw Away
Key: F#English
4 beats per bar
2 beats || 2 beats
Intro
F#m C# B Bm F#m C#7 F#m F#m
Verse
ToF#mday, I saw you on the street
C# How sad it was for us to meet
E7(dim) For in that moment of "Hello"!
I Bfound the world that I let go
Bm After all the years apart
How F#mstrange to find you in my heart!
G#7 How sad to find that I still love you C#7so!
Verse
F#m We spoke of all the happy days
C# Before we went our separate ways
E7(dim) Seeing you, I knew the past
Had Bcaught up with my heart at last
Bm I was young and full of spring
UnF#mtil I saw your wedding ring
G#7 It told me of the C#7world I threw aF#mway
F#m C# E7(dim) B Bm F#m G#7 C#7 F#m
Verse
F#mAs we whispered our goodbyes,
C# I held the tears behind my eyes
E7(dim) You kissed my cheek for old times' sake
B And I could feel my poor heart break
Bm It was a crazy thing to do
But F#mwhen you left, I followed you
G#7 I had to see the C#7world I threw aF#mD7way
Modulation en Gm
Verse
GmI saw the streets I left behind
DI saw my yesterdays unwind
F7(dim) In the park and in the square
The Cpast was waiting everywhere
Cm With each and every memory
I Gmknew the past had passed for me
A7 But still I watched the D7world I threw aGmD#7way
Modulation en Abm
Verse
I G#mwatched your window through the night
D# How sweet the dream behind the light!
F#(dim) But when I saw your light grow dim,
I C#knew you were up there with him
C#m And now I wander from your door
GoodG#mbye my love for ever more!
GoodA#7bye to you, the D#7world I threw aG#mway! C#m G#m