Chord/Tab song: (Remember the Days of the) Old Schoolyard

...(REMEMBER THE DAYS OF THE) OLD SCHOOLYARD... by Cat Stevens


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from 'Izitso' (1977)

CAPO 3rd FRET

(Original Key: Bb)

Intro:

G C D (x3), G D

Verse 1:

[G] Remember the [C]days of the [D]old school-[G]yard?
We used to [C]laugh a [D]lot.
Oh, [G]don't you remember the [C]days of the [D]old school-[E]yard?

Chorus 1:

When we [Am]had I-[D]maginings and we [Bm]had all [Em]kinds of things,
And we [Am]laughed and [D]needed love; yes, I [Em]do.
Oh, and [C]I re-[D]member [G]you!

Verse 2:

[G] Remember the [C]days of the [D]old school-[G]yard?
We used to [C]cry a [D]lot.
Oh, [G]don't you remember the [C]days of the [D]old school-[E]yard?

Chorus 2:

When we [Am]had sim-[D]plicity and we [Bm]had warm [Em]toast for tea,
And we [Am]laughed and [D]needed love; yes, I [Em]do.
Oh, and [C]I re-[D]member [G]you!

Break:

G C D G (x2) G C D, F#

Middle 8:

[Ab] (You were my sweet [Eb]love), my first sweet [G]love!
(My lovey [Cm]dove), my [Eb]love, lovey [Ab]dove!
(No matter what [Eb]place), whichever the [G]place!
(I still see your [Cm]face), your [Eb]smiling [Ab]face!
(In childish [Eb]dreams), inside my [G]dreams!
(Like king and [Cm]queen), God [Eb]save our [Ab]dreams!
(Though time may [Eb]fade), though time may [G]fade,
(It ain?t never too [Cm]late), to [Eb]learn a-bout [Ab]love,
[F] Learn about [G]love!

Interlude:

G C D G (x2)

Verse 3:

[G] Remember the [C]days of the [D]old school-[G]yard?
We used to [C]laugh a [D]lot.
Oh, [G]don't you remember the [C]days of the [D]old school-[E]yard?

Outro:

G C D G (x2)
G D, G D, G

CHORD DIAGRAMS:


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[G] [C] [D] [E] [Am]
[EADGBE]320003 [EADGBE]x23010 [EADGBE]xx0232 [EADGBE]022100 [EADGBE]x02210

[Bm] [F#] [Ab] [Eb] [Cm]
[EADGBE]x24432 [EADGBE]244322 [EADGBE]466544 [EADGBE]6654xx [EADGBE]x35543

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)