Chords for Yesterday When I Was Young

_ _ _ _ [A] _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Gm] Seems the love I've known has [E] always been the [F] most destructive kind.
_ [Bb] Guess that's why now [Gm] I feel so [A] old [Dm] before my time.
_ _ _ [Gm] _
Yesterday when I was [C] young
The taste of [F] life was sweet as rain upon [Bb] my tongue
I teased at [Gm] life as if it were a foolish [A] game.
The way the [Dm] evening breeze may tease a candle flame
The thousand [Gm] dreams I dreamed, the splendid things I [C] planned
I [F] always built to last on weekend shifting [Bb] sand.
I live [Gm] by night and shun the naked [D] light of [A] day
And only [Dm] now I see how the years ran [D] away.
[Gm] Yesterday _ when I was [C] young
So many happy [F] songs were waiting to [Bb] be sung
So many [Gm] wild pleasures lay in store [A] for me
And so much [Dm] pain my dazzled eyes refused to see
I ran so [Gm] 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.
[Gm] _ _
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[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[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 [A] were 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 too quickly, [Bb] quickly died
The friends I [Gm] made all seemed somehow to drift [A] away
And only I [Dm] am left on stage to end the play
There are [Gm] so many songs in me that [C] won't be sung
I feel the bitter [F] taste of tears upon [Bb] my tongue
The time has come for [Gm] me to pay for [A] yesterday
_ When I [Em] _ [Dm] was young
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