The Golden Years

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Woo-ooh, woo-ooh

D                                     G
Time stopped movin' the minute I saw ya
                        Bm
You took my Taylor guitar in the city of stars and you made it
       G
Your own

(In the city of stars and you made it your own)
          D                           G
Late night, oh, how I'm missin' those brown eyes
                          Bm
Funny I'd rather be fightin' with you than alone in the city we
    G
Knew

(Alone in the city, alone in the city we knew)

D
Four years gone by in the blink of an eye
            G
We were young till we weren't

It was fun till it hurt
     Bm                                      G
Now I'm terrified that I'll never find love like yours

                  D
If I would've known
                          G
Those were the golden years
                      Bm                           A
I would've held you longer that night when you kissed me goodbye
G
Through your tears
                  D
If I would've known
                           G
Those were the golden years
                  Bm                     A                  G
I would've never left you alone when you needed me most, my dear
                                 D                  G
'Cause those were the golden years (woo-ooh, woo-ooh)
                          Bm                 G
Those were the golden years (woo-ooh, woo-ooh)

 D                               G
I left you under the cherry tree that June
                           Bm                               G
Back at the place where I told you that I loved you way too soon

(Loved you way too soon, loved you way too soon)
 D                                  G
Lately, I stare at the pictures you gave me
                        Bm                       G
I can't help wonderin' if you ever stare back at them too

(Stare back at them, stare back at them)

                   D
If I would've known
                           G
Those were the golden years
                    Bm                         A
I would've held you longer that night when you kissed me goodbye
G
Through your tears
                   D
If I would've known
                           G
Those were the golden years
                 Bm                      A                  G
I would've never left you alone when you needed me most, my dear
                                   D
'Cause those were the golden years

   D            A          Bm           G
So dance with me under the cherry tree, darlin'
      D              A               Bm    G
We'll act like we're still young and free (mmm)
       D            A             Bm       G
'Cause I'm still in love with the story of us
            D             A            Bm  G
We were young, but our love, it was real

                   D
If I would've known
                           G
Those were the golden years
                     Bm                        A
I would've held you longer that night when you kissed me goodbye
G
Through your tears
                  D
If I would've known
                           G
Those were the golden years
                 Bm                      A                  G
I would've never left you alone when you needed me most, my dear
                                 D                  G
'Cause those were the golden years (woo-ooh, woo-ooh)
                         Bm                   G
Those were the golden years (woo-ooh, woo-ooh)

                           D
Those were the golden years