Chords for Yesterday When I Was Young - Johnny Tolley (cover)
Tempo:
86.6 bpm
Chords used:
Dm
G
F
C
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] Yesterday, [Dm] when I [G] was young, the taste of [C] life was sweet [Em] as rain upon [F] my tongue.
I [Dm] teased at life as if it were a [E] foolish game.
The way an [A] evening breeze [Am] may tease a candle flame.
A thousand [Dm] dreams I dreamed, the splendid [G] things I planned.
I always [C] built to last, [Em] on weak and shifting [F]
sands.
I lived [Dm] by night, and shunned the naked [F#] light of [E] day.
But only [Am] now I see, how the years ran away.
[F] Yesterday, when I [G] was young, so many [C] happy songs were waiting to be [F] sung.
So many [Bm] wild [Dm] pleasures lay in [Bm] store for [E] me.
So much [A] pain my [Am] dazzled eyes refused to see.
I ran so [F] fast at time, and youth at [G] last ran out.
I never [C] stopped to think, what life was all [F] about.
And every [Dm] conversation I can [Bm] now [E]
recall, [A] concerns itself with [Am] me, and nothing else at all.
[F#] Yesterday, [Dm] the moon [G] was blue.
And every [C] crazy day, [Em] brought something [F] new to do.
I used [G] my [Dm] magic age, as if [G] it were a [E] wall.
Never [A] saw the waste, [Am] and emptiness beyond.
The game of [F] love I played, with arrogance [G] and pride.
And every [C] flame I lit, to quickly, [F] quickly die.
The friends [Dm] I made all seemed, somehow [G] to drift [E] away.
Only [Am] I am left, on stage to end the play.
There are so [D] many [Dm] songs, in me that [G] won't be sung.
I feel [C] the bitter taste, of tears upon [F] my tongue.
The [G] time has [Dm] come for me, to [Bm] pay for [E] yesterday, when [Bm] I [Am] was young.
I [Dm] teased at life as if it were a [E] foolish game.
The way an [A] evening breeze [Am] may tease a candle flame.
A thousand [Dm] dreams I dreamed, the splendid [G] things I planned.
I always [C] built to last, [Em] on weak and shifting [F]
sands.
I lived [Dm] by night, and shunned the naked [F#] light of [E] day.
But only [Am] now I see, how the years ran away.
[F] Yesterday, when I [G] was young, so many [C] happy songs were waiting to be [F] sung.
So many [Bm] wild [Dm] pleasures lay in [Bm] store for [E] me.
So much [A] pain my [Am] dazzled eyes refused to see.
I ran so [F] fast at time, and youth at [G] last ran out.
I never [C] stopped to think, what life was all [F] about.
And every [Dm] conversation I can [Bm] now [E]
recall, [A] concerns itself with [Am] me, and nothing else at all.
[F#] Yesterday, [Dm] the moon [G] was blue.
And every [C] crazy day, [Em] brought something [F] new to do.
I used [G] my [Dm] magic age, as if [G] it were a [E] wall.
Never [A] saw the waste, [Am] and emptiness beyond.
The game of [F] love I played, with arrogance [G] and pride.
And every [C] flame I lit, to quickly, [F] quickly die.
The friends [Dm] I made all seemed, somehow [G] to drift [E] away.
Only [Am] I am left, on stage to end the play.
There are so [D] many [Dm] songs, in me that [G] won't be sung.
I feel [C] the bitter taste, of tears upon [F] my tongue.
The [G] time has [Dm] come for me, to [Bm] pay for [E] yesterday, when [Bm] I [Am] was young.
Key:
Dm
G
F
C
E
Dm
G
F
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[C] Yesterday, [Dm] _ when I [G] was young, the taste of [C] life was sweet [Em] as rain upon [F] my tongue.
I [Dm] teased at life as if it were a [E] foolish game.
The way an [A] evening breeze [Am] may tease a candle flame.
A thousand [Dm] dreams I dreamed, the splendid [G] things I planned.
I always [C] built to last, [Em] on weak and shifting [F]
sands.
I lived [Dm] by night, and shunned the naked [F#] light of [E] day.
But only [Am] now I see, how the years ran away.
_ [F] Yesterday, when I [G] was young, so many [C] happy songs were waiting to be [F] sung.
So many [Bm] wild [Dm] pleasures lay in [Bm] store for [E] me.
So much [A] pain my [Am] dazzled eyes refused to see.
I ran so [F] fast at time, and youth at [G] last ran out.
I never [C] stopped to think, what life was all [F] about.
And every [Dm] conversation I can [Bm] now [E]
recall, [A] concerns itself with [Am] me, and nothing else at all.
_ [F#] Yesterday, [Dm] the moon [G] was blue.
And every [C] crazy day, [Em] brought something [F] new to do.
I used [G] my [Dm] magic age, as if [G] it were a [E] wall.
Never [A] saw the waste, [Am] and emptiness beyond.
The game of [F] love I played, with arrogance [G] and pride.
And every [C] flame I lit, to quickly, [F] quickly die.
The friends [Dm] I made all seemed, somehow [G] to drift [E] away.
Only [Am] I am left, on stage to end the play.
There are so [D] many [Dm] songs, in me that [G] won't be sung.
I feel [C] the bitter taste, of tears upon [F] my tongue.
The [G] time has [Dm] come for me, to [Bm] pay for [E] yesterday, when [Bm] I [Am] was young. _ _ _
[C] Yesterday, [Dm] _ when I [G] was young, the taste of [C] life was sweet [Em] as rain upon [F] my tongue.
I [Dm] teased at life as if it were a [E] foolish game.
The way an [A] evening breeze [Am] may tease a candle flame.
A thousand [Dm] dreams I dreamed, the splendid [G] things I planned.
I always [C] built to last, [Em] on weak and shifting [F]
sands.
I lived [Dm] by night, and shunned the naked [F#] light of [E] day.
But only [Am] now I see, how the years ran away.
_ [F] Yesterday, when I [G] was young, so many [C] happy songs were waiting to be [F] sung.
So many [Bm] wild [Dm] pleasures lay in [Bm] store for [E] me.
So much [A] pain my [Am] dazzled eyes refused to see.
I ran so [F] fast at time, and youth at [G] last ran out.
I never [C] stopped to think, what life was all [F] about.
And every [Dm] conversation I can [Bm] now [E]
recall, [A] concerns itself with [Am] me, and nothing else at all.
_ [F#] Yesterday, [Dm] the moon [G] was blue.
And every [C] crazy day, [Em] brought something [F] new to do.
I used [G] my [Dm] magic age, as if [G] it were a [E] wall.
Never [A] saw the waste, [Am] and emptiness beyond.
The game of [F] love I played, with arrogance [G] and pride.
And every [C] flame I lit, to quickly, [F] quickly die.
The friends [Dm] I made all seemed, somehow [G] to drift [E] away.
Only [Am] I am left, on stage to end the play.
There are so [D] many [Dm] songs, in me that [G] won't be sung.
I feel [C] the bitter taste, of tears upon [F] my tongue.
The [G] time has [Dm] come for me, to [Bm] pay for [E] yesterday, when [Bm] I [Am] was young. _ _ _