Chords for GLEN CAMPBELL Yesterday When I Was Young
Tempo:
82 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Gm
F
A
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Yesterday, when I was [C] young, the taste of life [F] was sweet, like rain upon [Bb] my tongue.
I teased at [Gm] life as if it were a [A] foolish game.
The way an evening [Dm] breeze would tease a candle flame.
The thousand dreams I [Gm] dreamed, the splendid things I [C] planned,
I always built [F] to last on weekend [Bb] shifting sand.
I lived by [Gm] night and shunned the naked [A] light of day,
and only [Dm] now I see how the years have run away.
Yesterday, [Bb] when I [C] was young, there were so [F] many songs that waited [Bb] to be sung.
So many [Gm] wild pleasures that lay in [A] store for me,
and so much [Dm] pain my dazzled eyes refused to see.
I ran so [Bb] fast time and [F] youth at [C] last ran out.
I never [F] stopped to think what life [Bb] was all about,
and every [Gm] conversation that [A] I can recall concerned [Dm] itself with me and nothing else at all.
[Gm]
[C] [F]
[Bb] [Gm]
[A] [Dm]
Yesterday, [Gm]
the moon [C] was blue, and every [F] crazy day brought something [Bb] new to do.
And I used [Gm] my magic age as if [A] it were a wand, and never [Dm] saw the waste and emptiness beyond.
The game of [Gm] love I played with arrogance [C] and pride,
and every [F] flame I lit so quickly, [Bb] quickly died.
The friends I [Gm] made all seemed somehow to [A] drift away,
and only [Dm] I am left on stage to end the play.
Yesterday, [Bb] when I [C] was young, there were so [F] many songs that waited to [Bb] be sung.
So many [Gm] wild pleasures lay in store [A] for me,
and so much [Dm] pain my dazzled eyes refused to see.
There are so many [Bb] songs in me that won't [C] be sung,
cause I feel the bitter [F] taste of tears upon [Bb] my tongue,
and the time has [Gm] come for me to pay for [A] yesterday.
[D] [A] [Dm] [Dm]
I teased at [Gm] life as if it were a [A] foolish game.
The way an evening [Dm] breeze would tease a candle flame.
The thousand dreams I [Gm] dreamed, the splendid things I [C] planned,
I always built [F] to last on weekend [Bb] shifting sand.
I lived by [Gm] night and shunned the naked [A] light of day,
and only [Dm] now I see how the years have run away.
Yesterday, [Bb] when I [C] was young, there were so [F] many songs that waited [Bb] to be sung.
So many [Gm] wild pleasures that lay in [A] store for me,
and so much [Dm] pain my dazzled eyes refused to see.
I ran so [Bb] fast time and [F] youth at [C] last ran out.
I never [F] stopped to think what life [Bb] was all about,
and every [Gm] conversation that [A] I can recall concerned [Dm] itself with me and nothing else at all.
[Gm]
[C] [F]
[Bb] [Gm]
[A] [Dm]
Yesterday, [Gm]
the moon [C] was blue, and every [F] crazy day brought something [Bb] new to do.
And I used [Gm] my magic age as if [A] it were a wand, and never [Dm] saw the waste and emptiness beyond.
The game of [Gm] love I played with arrogance [C] and pride,
and every [F] flame I lit so quickly, [Bb] quickly died.
The friends I [Gm] made all seemed somehow to [A] drift away,
and only [Dm] I am left on stage to end the play.
Yesterday, [Bb] when I [C] was young, there were so [F] many songs that waited to [Bb] be sung.
So many [Gm] wild pleasures lay in store [A] for me,
and so much [Dm] pain my dazzled eyes refused to see.
There are so many [Bb] songs in me that won't [C] be sung,
cause I feel the bitter [F] taste of tears upon [Bb] my tongue,
and the time has [Gm] come for me to pay for [A] yesterday.
[D] [A] [Dm] [Dm]
Key:
Bb
Gm
F
A
Dm
Bb
Gm
F
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Yesterday, _ _ when I was [C] young, the taste of life [F] was sweet, like rain upon [Bb] my tongue.
I teased at [Gm] life as if it were a [A] foolish game.
The way an evening [Dm] breeze would tease a candle flame.
The thousand dreams I [Gm] dreamed, the splendid things I [C] planned,
I always built [F] to last on weekend [Bb] shifting sand.
I lived by [Gm] night and shunned the naked [A] light of day,
and only [Dm] now I see how the years have run away.
Yesterday, [Bb] _ when I [C] was young, there were so [F] many songs that waited [Bb] to be sung.
So many [Gm] wild pleasures that lay in [A] store for me,
and so much [Dm] pain my dazzled eyes refused to see.
I ran so [Bb] fast time and [F] youth at [C] last ran out.
I never [F] stopped to think what life [Bb] was all about,
and every [Gm] conversation that [A] I can recall concerned [Dm] itself with me and nothing else at all.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ Yesterday, [Gm] _ _
the moon [C] was blue, and every [F] crazy day brought something [Bb] new to do.
And I used [Gm] my magic age as if [A] it were a wand, and never [Dm] saw the waste and emptiness beyond.
The game of [Gm] love I played with arrogance [C] and pride,
and every [F] flame I lit so quickly, [Bb] quickly died.
The friends I [Gm] made all seemed somehow to [A] drift away,
and only [Dm] I am left on stage to end the play.
_ Yesterday, [Bb] _ when I [C] was young, there were so [F] many songs that waited to [Bb] be sung.
So many [Gm] wild pleasures lay in store [A] for me,
and so much [Dm] pain my dazzled eyes refused to see.
There are so many [Bb] songs in me that won't [C] be sung,
cause I feel the bitter [F] taste of tears upon [Bb] my tongue,
and the time has [Gm] come for me to pay for [A] yesterday.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Yesterday, _ _ when I was [C] young, the taste of life [F] was sweet, like rain upon [Bb] my tongue.
I teased at [Gm] life as if it were a [A] foolish game.
The way an evening [Dm] breeze would tease a candle flame.
The thousand dreams I [Gm] dreamed, the splendid things I [C] planned,
I always built [F] to last on weekend [Bb] shifting sand.
I lived by [Gm] night and shunned the naked [A] light of day,
and only [Dm] now I see how the years have run away.
Yesterday, [Bb] _ when I [C] was young, there were so [F] many songs that waited [Bb] to be sung.
So many [Gm] wild pleasures that lay in [A] store for me,
and so much [Dm] pain my dazzled eyes refused to see.
I ran so [Bb] fast time and [F] youth at [C] last ran out.
I never [F] stopped to think what life [Bb] was all about,
and every [Gm] conversation that [A] I can recall concerned [Dm] itself with me and nothing else at all.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ Yesterday, [Gm] _ _
the moon [C] was blue, and every [F] crazy day brought something [Bb] new to do.
And I used [Gm] my magic age as if [A] it were a wand, and never [Dm] saw the waste and emptiness beyond.
The game of [Gm] love I played with arrogance [C] and pride,
and every [F] flame I lit so quickly, [Bb] quickly died.
The friends I [Gm] made all seemed somehow to [A] drift away,
and only [Dm] I am left on stage to end the play.
_ Yesterday, [Bb] _ when I [C] was young, there were so [F] many songs that waited to [Bb] be sung.
So many [Gm] wild pleasures lay in store [A] for me,
and so much [Dm] pain my dazzled eyes refused to see.
There are so many [Bb] songs in me that won't [C] be sung,
cause I feel the bitter [F] taste of tears upon [Bb] my tongue,
and the time has [Gm] come for me to pay for [A] yesterday.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _