Brighton Beach Chords by Rod Stewart

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_ [C] I remember when you were only [G]
seventeen You _ [C] were the finest girl [C] that my eyes had
[G] ever seen I guess you [Em] found it hard to [C] simply just ignore
This [Em] scruffy, beat-up, working-class teenage troubadour
[G] So we fell in love [D] and I toured your heart [Em] with my old [C]-tuned guitar
[G] You were wonderful, [D] you were mystical [Em] And the envy of [C] all of my friends
_ [A] Seems like only [D] yesterday Under [G] the stars on Brighton Beach
_ _ Oh, [C] what a time it was, what a time to [G] be alive _
_ [C] Remember Janice and Jimmy, Kennedy and [G] King, how we cried
I _ sang [Em] to you the songs of [C] Ramblin' Jack [Em] You were Greta Garbo and I was Caraac
[D] _
[G] And we played so [D] hard and we loved so hard [Em] Seems we never ever [C] slept
[G] They were crazy days, [D] they were wonderful days [Em] And I loved you with [C] all of my heart
_ [A] Seems like only [D] yesterday [G] Under the stars on Brighton Beach
[Em] Oh, your daddy had plans [C] that did not include me [Em] And he wanted to stay [C] away from your door
[Em] And I dreamed how I dreamed [C] I could steal your way to [Bm] some far-off [D] distant shore _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G]
La-da-da
Then _ _ [C] early one morning I awoke to [G] find you gone
You _ [C] wrote I love you, baby, but it's time for me [G] to move on _
And so [Em] my teenage heart lay scattered [C] on the floor
I swear to [Em] God I could not have [C] loved you anymore
And [G] as I sit here tonight [D] playing with my kids [Em] Wondering where you are in [C] this world
[G]
Did you find your man?
[D] Are you happy now?
[Em] Do you ever stop and think [C] about me?
_ _ Oh, how I [Bm] long for [D] yesterday Under the stars on [G] Brighton Beach _
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