My name is Andy Barclay, email address FSUAndy@aol.com, and the following is
a transcription I came up with for this song. I hope I included all the
information you need.
I Saw My Youth Today by Richard Shindell
Richard Shindell vocals/ acoustic guitar
Larry Campbell guitar/mandolin
Radoslav Lorkovic keyboards
Capo 2nd fret Standard tuning The pick pattern is pretty consistent
throughout the song; use one that's familiar or strum
Intro: Em C G D Em C G D
[Em]I saw my youth today[C]
[G]He passed me on the street[D]
[Em]As he walked by I stoo[C]d frozen
[G]On my dreaming feet[D]
[Em]He had a kinder face[C]
[G]The kind I've learned to hide[D]
[Em]Behind these cold unyielding[C] stones
[G]That used to be my eyes[D]
[G]A moment please[F#/D] my boy[C]
[G]Don't you know[F#/D] my name?[C]
[G]Do you remember when[D]
We used to play a [Em]hundred[F#/D] games?[C]
[G]And is your moth[F#/D]er well?[C]
[G]Kiss her once[F#/D] for me[C]
[G]And if she should ask you why[D]
Why you could say [Em]
F#/D C D Em C G D (four times)
Just for no reason
[Em]Remember that old troll[C]
W[G]ho lived inside the tree?[D]
[Em]He was never dange[C]rous
[G]That's just the way it seemed[D]
[Em]The day you climbed that tree[C]
[G]And ran to show me how[D]
[Em]The troll was never seen [C]again
[G]So where could he be now?[D]
[G]A moment please[F#/D], my boy[C]
[G]Don't you kno[F#/D]w this face[C]
[G]And do you remember when[D]
I used to let [Em]you win [F#/D]the race[C]s?
[G]Please don't run [F#/D]away[C]
[G]I did not me[F#/D]an to scar[C]e you
[G]I'm the one who told y[D]ou
You should never t[Em]alk t[F#/D]o strang[C]ers[D]
[G]And is your mothe[F#/D]r well?[C]
[G]Kiss her once[F#/D] for me[C]
[G]And if she should ask you why[D]
Why you could say [Em]
[F#/D]Just for no re[C]ason[D]
[Em]I saw my youth today[C]
[G]He passed me in the street[D]
[Em]As he walked by I stoo[C]d frozen
[G]On my dreaming feet[D]
From Richard Shindell "Reunion Hill"
Shanachie Records 1997
Silver Dollar Music (ASCAP)
a transcription I came up with for this song. I hope I included all the
information you need.
I Saw My Youth Today by Richard Shindell
Richard Shindell vocals/ acoustic guitar
Larry Campbell guitar/mandolin
Radoslav Lorkovic keyboards
Capo 2nd fret Standard tuning The pick pattern is pretty consistent
throughout the song; use one that's familiar or strum
Intro: Em C G D Em C G D
[Em]I saw my youth today[C]
[G]He passed me on the street[D]
[Em]As he walked by I stoo[C]d frozen
[G]On my dreaming feet[D]
[Em]He had a kinder face[C]
[G]The kind I've learned to hide[D]
[Em]Behind these cold unyielding[C] stones
[G]That used to be my eyes[D]
[G]A moment please[F#/D] my boy[C]
[G]Don't you know[F#/D] my name?[C]
[G]Do you remember when[D]
We used to play a [Em]hundred[F#/D] games?[C]
[G]And is your moth[F#/D]er well?[C]
[G]Kiss her once[F#/D] for me[C]
[G]And if she should ask you why[D]
Why you could say [Em]
F#/D C D Em C G D (four times)
Just for no reason
[Em]Remember that old troll[C]
W[G]ho lived inside the tree?[D]
[Em]He was never dange[C]rous
[G]That's just the way it seemed[D]
[Em]The day you climbed that tree[C]
[G]And ran to show me how[D]
[Em]The troll was never seen [C]again
[G]So where could he be now?[D]
[G]A moment please[F#/D], my boy[C]
[G]Don't you kno[F#/D]w this face[C]
[G]And do you remember when[D]
I used to let [Em]you win [F#/D]the race[C]s?
[G]Please don't run [F#/D]away[C]
[G]I did not me[F#/D]an to scar[C]e you
[G]I'm the one who told y[D]ou
You should never t[Em]alk t[F#/D]o strang[C]ers[D]
[G]And is your mothe[F#/D]r well?[C]
[G]Kiss her once[F#/D] for me[C]
[G]And if she should ask you why[D]
Why you could say [Em]
[F#/D]Just for no re[C]ason[D]
[Em]I saw my youth today[C]
[G]He passed me in the street[D]
[Em]As he walked by I stoo[C]d frozen
[G]On my dreaming feet[D]
From Richard Shindell "Reunion Hill"
Shanachie Records 1997
Silver Dollar Music (ASCAP)
