Chords for Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel "The Best Years of our Life"

[G] _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Am] European [G] mates are hard [F] to ignore _
[C] You, _ _ _ _ _ [G]
me [Am] and the boys, [G] bought [F] from the shore _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ Fresh-faced and [C] listens, laughing to me
[F] I've been laughing myself, [C] that's so hard to see
[F] Do I have to spell each [C] letter out honestly?
[F] If there's no room for laughter, [C] there's no room for me
[Dm] For me, _ for _ [G] _ me
So _ _ _ _ [C] try [G]
looking [Am] at you [G] rather [F] than me
_ [C] _ _ _ Cause [G] no truth [Am] is in here, [G] it's all [F] fantasy _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ Since the last [C] time we met, I've been through [F] about 700 [C] changes
And that's just a few, _ [G] [F] and the changes all tend [G] to be [C] something to do
[F] But you have to believe, [C] they're all done for you
[Dm] For you, _ _ _ _ [G] for _ you
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Em] You'll think it's tragic [Dm] when that moment [D] first [C] arrives
[Em] Oh, [F] _ _
[Em] oh, but it's magic, _ [D] it's the best year of [C] our lives
_ _ [G] _
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ And I'm [G] lost now [Am] for the words [G] to tell [F] you the truth _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] So please, banter [Am] with me, [G] the banter [F] of you _
If [C] _ _ _ [G] [F] I thought I could say it, [C] I'd say it for you
[Em] [F] If I thought I could waltz, [C] get up and dance for you
[G] [F] If I thought I could [C] whisper, I'd whisper for you
[G] [F] If I thought I could run, [G] [C] I'd come running to [G] you, [Dm] to _ you
_ _ _ [G] But _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] I've [A] discovered now [G] how [F] to be fair _ _
[C] _ _ _ And this [G] I can [Am] teach you, [G] if only [F] I dare _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] [F] But the only conclusion [C] that I've reached in my life
[F] Is that if I should die, [C] I should die by knife
[F] Since it's only a matter [C] of courage, alright
[F] Die a man or a martyr, [C] the two would be nice
[Dm] _ So _ nice, _ _ [G] so _ _ _ nice
Oh, [F] oh, _ you'll think [Em] it's tragic _ [A] when that [Dm] moment _ [C] first arrives
[G] Oh, [F] oh, _ but [Em] it's magic, [Dm] it's the best years of [C] our lives
You do one
[F] Oh, oh, _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
all of [C] our lives
_ [Em] Thank you