I Remember When I Was Young
1973
auMatt Taylor/Chain
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Well I reGmember when I was young the Bbworld had just beCgun 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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ImagiGnation 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
It happens every day
D7
D7I should think of the present
Cause the present's now
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Well I reGmember 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 deCcay something Gawful
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C7Sometimes I think about it
It happens every day
D7
D7I should think of the present
Cause the present's now
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Well I reGmember 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
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C7Sometimes I think about it
It happens every day
D7
D7I should think of the present
Cause the present's now
Instrumental Solo
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Well I reGmember 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 inGside 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
It happens every day
D7
D7I should think of the present
Cause the present's now
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Well I reGmember when I was young, I reBbmember when I was Cyoung, I surely Gdo
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Well I reGmember when I was young, I reBbmember when I was Cyoung, I surely Gdo
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