Chords for In Memory of Roy Clark

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