Yesterday When I Was Young Hier Encore

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Yesterday, when I was young
                      G            
The taste of life was sweet as rain
        C
 upon my tongue
                     Am         
I teased at life as if it were a 
          B7
foolish game
                   Em
The way an evening breeze may tease 
a candle flame
                       Am          
The thousand dreams I dreamed, the 
                   D
splendid things I planned
D7                 G             
I always built to last on weak 
           C
and shifting sand
                      Am        
I lived by night and shunned the 
                B7
naked light of day
                Em
And only now I see how the years 
have run away

[Verse 2]
Am                     D
Yesterday, when I was young
D7             G                 
So many happy songs were waiting 
     C
to be sung
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             Am                    
So many wild pleasures lay in store
     B7
 for me
               Em
And so much pain my dazzled eyes 
refused to see
                    Am             
I ran so fast that time and youth 
           D
at last ran out
D7                  G            
I never stopped to think what 
        Ebmaj7
life was all about
             Am                  
Every conversation that I can now 
  B7
recall
                      Em
Concerned itself with me, and 
nothing else at all

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
Am                      D
Yesterday, the moon was blue
D7              G        
And every crazy day brought 
                     C
something new to do
                 Am                
I used my magic age as if it were a
  B7
 wand
                   Em
And never saw the waste and 
emptiness beyond
                    Am        
The game of love I played with 
              D
arrogance and pride
D7                         G     
And every flame I lit too 
            C
quickly, quickly died
                        Am    
The friends I made all seemed, 
                   B7
somehow, to drift away
               Em
And only I am left on stage to end 
the play
                  Am               
There are so many songs in me that 
         D
won't be sung
D7                 G             
I feel the bitter taste of tears 
        C
upon my tongue
                       Am          
The time has come for me to pay for
    B7
 yesterday
              Em
When I was young