Yesterday When I Was Young Chords by Eddy Arnold

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_ [F] _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[F] _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [Cm] Yesterday, when I [F] was young, the taste of [Dm] life was sweet as [Eb] rain upon my tongue.
I [Cm] teased at life as if it were [G] a foolish [Gb] game.
The way [Gm] the evening breeze may tease a candle flame,
the thousand [Cm] dreams I dream, the splendid [F] things I plan.
I [Bb] always built alas, all week in [Eb] shifting sand.
I lived by [Cm] night and shunned the naked [D] light of day,
and only [Gm] now I see how the years ran away. _ _
[Cm] Yesterday, when I [F] was young, so many [Bb] happy songs were waiting [Eb] to be sung.
So many [Cm] wayward pleasures lay [D] in store for me.
In so much [Gm] pain my dazzled eyes refused to see.
I ran so [Cm] fast that time and youth at [F] last ran out.
I never [Bb] stopped to think what life was [Eb] all about.
And every [Cm] conversation I can [Gb] now recall concerned [Gm] itself with me and nothing else at _ all.
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
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[Cm] Yesterday, the moon [F] was blue, and [Bb] every crazy day brought something [Eb] new to do.
I used [Cm] my magic age as if it [D] were a wand, and never [Gm] saw the waste and emptiness beyond.
The game of [Cm] love I played with arrogance [F] and pride.
In every [Bb] flame I lit to [Eb] quickly, quickly die.
The friends I [Cm] made all seemed somehow [D] to drift away.
And only [Gm] I am left on stage to end the play.
There are [Eb] so many songs in me [F] that won't be sung.
I feel [Bb] the bitter taste of tears [Eb] upon my tongue.
The time has [Cm] come for me to pay for [D] yesterday, _ [Ebm] _
when [Gm] I was [C] young.
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