Chords for Richard Clapton - The Best Years Of Our Lives (1982)
Tempo:
118.3 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
Bm
E
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Key:
A
D
Bm
E
F#m
A
D
Bm
[A] .
[C#m] [Bm] .
[A] [E] .
[C#m] Oh [Bm] .
[D] .
[A].
Michael, all the lines are down, [Bm] it's a straighter day again.
[D] .
Every time [A] the wheels slow down, [F#m] I think of all my friends.
.
[D] Whatever happened [A] to the days way back, [F#m] the Bondi lightsaber [D] was always reaching.
Standing [A] here in Oxford Street, [F#m] and me close to [D] howling in Jesus' rain.
[E] .
I [A] say God, [E] waste time, [C#m] these are the best [Bm] years of our lives.
I [A] say God, [E] waste time, [C#m] these are the best [Bm] years of our lives.
I .
[D] .
[A] was shocked [D] at being [A].
around [Bm] when the Bondi icebergs rained.
.
[D] Sometimes [A] I think of it, and [F#m] I dream of better days.
.
[D] Whatever happened [A] to the days way back [F#m] in the [D] 1930s, all those endless parties.
I was still too [A] young to understand, how it [F#m] was back then, [D] and the party [E] .
ends.
I [A] say God, [E] waste time, [C#m] these are the best [Bm] years of our lives.
I [A] say God, [E] waste time, [C#m] these are the best [Bm] years of our lives.
.
[D] .
[A] [D] [A] .
[Bm] .
[D] [A] .
[F#m] .
[D] They say the [A] circle turns around, [F#m] there'll be better days, [D] and I don't mind waiting.
I wish time would stop [A] ten years ago, but [F#m] I'm learning slowly, [D] life's always changing.
[E] .
I [A] say God, [E] waste time, [C#m] these are the best [Bm] years of our lives.
I [A] say God, [E] waste time, [C#m] these are the [Bm] best years of our lives.
.
Whoa, [D] whoa, gotta .
[E] .
[A] [D] let up, it's a [A] dark, .
[Bm] ten thousand words to say.
.
[D] Just talking [A] about good to you, [F#m] like those I found halfway.
[D] .
Whatever happened [A] to the days way back, [F#m] when the world was [D] safe, and it seemed worth saving.
The search for leaders on [A] our hands and knees, .
[F#m] don't ask David, [D] cause he's still crazy.
[E] .
[A] I say God, [E] waste time, these are the best [Bm] years of our lives.
I [A] say God, [E] waste time, these are the best [Bm] years of our lives.
I say God, [D] I say God.
[E] .
[A] God, waste time, [C#m] .
these are the best [Bm] years of our lives.
I say [A] God, waste time, [C#m] these are the best [Bm] years of our lives.
[A] I say God.
.
[C#m] .
[Bm] [A] .
.
[C#m] [Bm] .
[A] [E] .
[C#m] Oh [Bm] .
[D] .
[A].
Michael, all the lines are down, [Bm] it's a straighter day again.
[D] .
Every time [A] the wheels slow down, [F#m] I think of all my friends.
.
[D] Whatever happened [A] to the days way back, [F#m] the Bondi lightsaber [D] was always reaching.
Standing [A] here in Oxford Street, [F#m] and me close to [D] howling in Jesus' rain.
[E] .
I [A] say God, [E] waste time, [C#m] these are the best [Bm] years of our lives.
I [A] say God, [E] waste time, [C#m] these are the best [Bm] years of our lives.
I .
[D] .
[A] was shocked [D] at being [A].
around [Bm] when the Bondi icebergs rained.
.
[D] Sometimes [A] I think of it, and [F#m] I dream of better days.
.
[D] Whatever happened [A] to the days way back [F#m] in the [D] 1930s, all those endless parties.
I was still too [A] young to understand, how it [F#m] was back then, [D] and the party [E] .
ends.
I [A] say God, [E] waste time, [C#m] these are the best [Bm] years of our lives.
I [A] say God, [E] waste time, [C#m] these are the best [Bm] years of our lives.
.
[D] .
[A] [D] [A] .
[Bm] .
[D] [A] .
[F#m] .
[D] They say the [A] circle turns around, [F#m] there'll be better days, [D] and I don't mind waiting.
I wish time would stop [A] ten years ago, but [F#m] I'm learning slowly, [D] life's always changing.
[E] .
I [A] say God, [E] waste time, [C#m] these are the best [Bm] years of our lives.
I [A] say God, [E] waste time, [C#m] these are the [Bm] best years of our lives.
.
Whoa, [D] whoa, gotta .
[E] .
[A] [D] let up, it's a [A] dark, .
[Bm] ten thousand words to say.
.
[D] Just talking [A] about good to you, [F#m] like those I found halfway.
[D] .
Whatever happened [A] to the days way back, [F#m] when the world was [D] safe, and it seemed worth saving.
The search for leaders on [A] our hands and knees, .
[F#m] don't ask David, [D] cause he's still crazy.
[E] .
[A] I say God, [E] waste time, these are the best [Bm] years of our lives.
I [A] say God, [E] waste time, these are the best [Bm] years of our lives.
I say God, [D] I say God.
[E] .
[A] God, waste time, [C#m] .
these are the best [Bm] years of our lives.
I say [A] God, waste time, [C#m] these are the best [Bm] years of our lives.
[A] I say God.
.
[C#m] .
[Bm] [A] .
.