Chords for Roy Clark – Yesterday, When I Was Young (1969)

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