Chord/Tab song: Yesterday When I Was Young

Yester[Am7]day when I was [D7]young

The taste of love was [GM7]sweet as rain upon my[CM7] tongue;

I teased at life as[F#m7] if it were a foolish [B7]game

The way the evening br[Em]eeze may te[B+]ase a candle fl[E7]ame.

The thousand dreams I d[Am7]reamed, the splendid things I pl[D7]anned--

I always built to [GM7]last on weak and shifting s[CM7]and;

I lived by night and [F#m7]shunned the naked light of[B7] day,

And only now I [Em]see how the y[B+]ears ran a[E7]way.

Yesterd[Am7]ay when I was y[D7]oung,

So many happy s[GM7]ongs were waiting to be [CM7]sung,

So many wayward [Am7]pleasures lay in store for [B7]me,

And so much pain my [Em]dazzled eyes re[B+]fused to s[E7]ee.

I ran so fast that [Am7]time and youth, at last, ran o[D7]ut,

I never stopped to t[GM7]hink what life was all a[CM7]bout;

And ev'ry conver[Am7]sation I can now rec[B7]all

Concerned itself with [Em]me, and [B+]nothing else at a[E7]ll.

Yester[Am7]day the moon was b[D7]lue,

And ev'ry crazy [GM7]day brought something new to[CM7] do,

I used my magic [F#m7]age as if it were a w[B7]and,

And never saw the [Em]waste and e[B+]mptiness bey[E7]ond.

The game of love I p[Am7]layed with arrogance and p[D7]ride,

And ev'ry[GM7] flame I[CM7] lit too quickly, quickly died;

The friends I made all s[F#m7]eemed somehow to drift a[B7]way

And only I am l[Em]eft on st[B+]age to end the pl[E7]ay.

There are so many so[Am7]ngs in me that won't be s[D7]ung,

I feel the bitter t[G]aste of tears upon my t[CM7]ongue;

The time has come for me t[Am7]o pay for yesterd[B7]ay

(N.C.) Em Am Em
When I was young.