Chords for Yesterday - Roy Clark

[Bb] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[Gm] Seems the love I've known has [Bb] always been [Abm] the most [F] destructive kind.
[Bb] Guess that's why [A] now [Gm] I feel [A] so old [Dm] before my time. _ _ _
[Gm] Yesterday _ when I was [C] young, the taste of life [F] was sweet.
As rain [Bb] upon my tongue, [Gm] I teased at life as if it were a foolish [A] game.
The way the [Dm] evening breeze may tease a candle flame,
The [G] thousand [Gm] dreams I dreamed, the splendid [C] things I planned,
I always [F] built to last on [E] weekend [Bb]-shifting sand.
[Gm] I live by night and shun the naked light [Dm] of day,
[A] And only [Dm] now I see how the years ran away. _
_ [Gm] _ Yesterday when I was [C] young, so many [F] happy songs were waiting [Bb] to be 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 [Bb] all about,
And every [Gm] conversation I can [A] now recall concerns [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 [Bb] new to do.
I used my [Gm] magic age as if it were a [A] wand, and never [Dm] saw waste and emptiness beyond.
The game of [Gm] love I played with arrogance [C] and pride,
And every [F] flame I lit to quickly, [Bb] quickly die.
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 [C] that won't be sung.
I feel [F] the bitter taste of tears [Bb] upon my tongue.
The time has come for [Gm] me to pay [A] for yesterday [Em] when I _ _ [Dm] _ was young. _
[Bb] _ [Em] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _