I Remember When I Was Young
1973
Matt Taylor/Chain
BbCC7D7G5 chords used in this song
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| Well I re | Gmember when I was young the | Bbworld had just be | Cgun and I was | Ghappy |
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| I used to | Gwonder about the Earth and how it | Bbmoved around the | Csun so | Gsnappy |
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| Imagi | Gnation going wild makes a | Bbvery backward | Cchild they | Gtold me |
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| So back at | Gschool I’d sit around just | Bbwaiting for the | Csound so I could | Ggo on home |
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| C7Sometimes I think about it |
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| D7I should think of the present |
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| Well I re | Gmember when I was young how | Bbone and thrippence | Cgot you to the | Gmovies |
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| To look | Gtough we’d light a smoke and | Bbvery nearly | Cchoke but we had a real | Ggood time |
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| Growing | Golder meant you’d get to | Bbfly a saber | Cjet and fight a | Gfew wars |
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| So I’d | Gjust sit there all day and | Bblet my mind de | Ccay something | Gawful |
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| C7Sometimes I think about it |
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| D7I should think of the present |
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| Well I re | Gmember when I was young I | Bbhad a secret | Clove who never | Gknew it |
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| I’d do | Gtricks upon my bike they’d | Bbnever turn out | Cright, I always | Gblew it |
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| And the | Gday we had to part, I | Bbhad a broken | Cheart but couldn’t | Glet on |
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| So I | Gspent my holidays just | Bbthinking of the | Cways I must have | Ggone wrong |
| C7 |
| C7Sometimes I think about it |
| D7 |
| D7I should think of the present |
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| Well I re | Gmember when I was young the | BbBeatles turned me | Con they really | Gblew my mind |
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| And with | GKerry, Jack and Pam we'd | Bbgo and watch a | Cband and have a | Greal good time |
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| Then I | Gheard the black man's blues they | Bbreally blew a | Cfuse in | Gside my head |
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| So with some | Gfriends we made a stand and | Bbformed our first | Cblues band, it was a | Greal good thing. |
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| C7Sometimes I think about it |
| D7 |
| D7I should think of the present |
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| Well I re | Gmember when I was young, I re | Bbmember when I was | Cyoung, I surely | Gdo |
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| Well I re | Gmember when I was young, I re | Bbmember when I was | Cyoung, I surely | Gdo |
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| § | Matt Taylor Album | [ G ] | |
| § | Matt Taylor and Chain Live | [ G ] | |
