Yesterday When I Was Young Chords - Blossom Dearie

Verse 1

Gm C Yesterday when I was young F Bb The taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue Gm A I teased at life as if it were a foolish game Dm The way the evening breeze may tease a candle flame.

Verse 2

Gm C The thousand dreams I dreamed, the splendid things I planned F Bb I always built, alas, on weak and shifting sand Gm A I lived by night and shunned the naked light of day Dm And only now I see how the years ran away

Chorus

Bb C Yesterday, when I was young F Bb So many drinking songs were waiting to be sung Gm A So many wayward pleasures lay in store for me Dm And so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see Bb C I ran so fast that time and youth at last ran out F Bb I never stopped to think what life was all about Gm A And every conversation I can now recall Dm Concerned itself with me, and nothing else at all.

Verse 3

Gm C Yesterday the moon was blue F Bb And every crazy day brought something new to do Gm A I used my magic age as if it were a wand Dm And never saw the waste and emptiness beyond.

Verse 4

Dm Gm C The game of love I played with arrogance and pride F Bb And every flame I lit too quickly, quickly died. Gm A The friends I made all seemed somehow to drift away Dm And only I am left on stage to end the play.

Verse 5

Bb C There are so many songs in me that won't be sung F Bb I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue Gm A The time has come for me to pay for yesterday Dm When I was...young

Interlude

Bb C F Bb Gm A Dm

Chorus

Verse 6

Bb C There are so many songs in me that won't be sung F Bb I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue Gm A The time has come for me to pay for yesterday Dm When I was...young

Outro

Bb C La La La La, La La La La F Bb La La La La, La La La La Gm A La La La La, La La La La