Chords for Charles Aznavour - Yesterday When I Was Young 1966

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[Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _
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_ _ [Gm] _ Yesterday, when [C] I was young, the taste of life [F] was sweet as red upon my [Bb] tongue.
I teased that [E] life as if it were a foolish game.
[A] The way [Gbm] the [Dm] evening breeze made the candle flame.
The thousand dreams I [Gm] dreamed, the splendid things I [C] planned.
I always [F] built a house on wick and shifting [Fm] sand.
I lived by night [Em] and shone the naked light of day.
[A] _ And only now [Dm] I see how the years run away.
_ _ [Gm] Yesterday, [C] when I was young, so [F] many drinking songs were waiting to be [Bb] sung.
So many ways [Gm] what pleasure lay before [A] me.
And so much pain my [Dm] desert eyes refused to see.
I ran so [Gm] fast that time I knew that last love.
[C] I never stopped to [F] think what life was all [Bb] about.
And every [E] conversation I can now [A] recall,
conceals itself [Dm] within me and nothing else at all.
_ _ [Gm] Yesterday, the moon was blue.
[C] And every [F] crazy day brought something new to [Bb] do.
I used [E] my magic age as if it were a [A] wand.
I never saw [Dm] the way and emptiness beyond.
The game of love I [Gm] played with arrogance and [C] pride.
And every flame I [F] lit, too quickly, quickly [Bb] died.
[E] The friends I made all seemed somehow to [A] drift away.
And only I am [Dm] left on stage to end the play thereof.
So many [Gm] songs in me that won't be [A] sung.
I feel they beat the [Dm] chest of tears [C] upon my [G] tongue.
The time has come for [Gm] me to pay for yesterday.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ When I [Dm] was young.
[C] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _
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