Chords for Rod Mckuen - Many Summers Ago

_ Girls in summer dresses, [G] _
_ [C] sighing summer [G] sighs _
_ _ [D] Girls with warm [F] and willing _ smiles
_ [Dm] Why do you _ pass me [C] _ by?
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ You _ [G] wouldn't think so, [Em] _
to see me [Am] now
_ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ When I [C] was loved _ _ [Em] once
[Ebm] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Em] You wouldn't think so, to see _ me [Am] now
[A] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [G] But [B] someone [C] really _ _ [Em] cares
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ Many [G] summers _ [C] ago, _ _ [Am] that was
_ _ [Dm] _
_ Many [G] summers _ [A] ago
_ _ _ [C] _ _ When [F] the trees _ were budding
And [Em] the sun [Am] was high
_ [Dm] _
_ Nobody [G] _ _ passed [C] me by
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ You [A] wouldn't think so, [Em] to see _ [Am] me now
_ _ [Dm] _
But _ [G] _ _ I [C] was wise [Em] _ _ [Ebm] once
[Dm] You _ _ [Em] wouldn't think so, [Am] to see [E] _ [Am] me now
_ [Dm] _
But I [G] thought I knew _ _ [Am] it all
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [G] Many summers _ [C]
ago, _ [Am] that was
_ [Dm] _
_ _ [G] Many summers _ ago
_ When _ [C] _ _ [F]
the hills _ reached out
To the [Em] top of the [Am] _ sky
[Dm] _
_ Nobody _ [G] _ passed [C] me by
_ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Bb] Imagine me, [Eb] the bachelor _ of [Cm] hearts
[F]
The last one to [Gm] _ leave [Eb] the ball
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _
_ Imagine [C] _ me, [F] with the world in my arms _
Then [D] summer _ _ [F] turned to [G] fall
You [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [G] wouldn't think so, [Em] to see _ [Am] me now
_ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ But I was [C] young once
[Em] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Em] You wouldn't think so, to see _ me [Am] now
_ _ [Dm] _
_ But [G] I was a little [C] _
boy
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [G] Many summers _ _ [Am]
ago, _ that was
_ [D] _
So [G] many summers _ ago
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] When the _ days were warm
[Em] And my _ hopes [Am] were high
_ [Dm] _
And I didn't [G] know how to [E] _
cry
_ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] And _ [D] _ _ _ [G] nobody, _ _
[E] _ no
_ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ Ever _
[G] _ _ _ passed me _
_ [C] _ by _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _