You And I When We Were Young

C Dm Em F (2x) C Dm I sometimes sit and think about Em F Our evenings in the firelight C Dm Em F You and I, when we were young C Dm Em Laughing at the crazy-patterned shadows F G F G That were dancing on the wall F Em Dm C Without a care, with time to spend F Em Dm C F Hardly speaking for hours on end G F G That was you and I, when we were young C Dm Em F C Dm Em F C Dm Walking hand in hand Em F Beside the river at the weekends C Dm Em F You and I, when we were young C Dm Em Children with their fishing nets were laughing F G F G F As they took their catches home Em Dm C F Caterpillars in paper bags Em Dm C F Knees tied up with dirty rags G F G That was you and I, when we were young Am Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 G E Am Am/G Fmaj7 G E (## NOTE: Key Change ##) A Bm Brushing through the fallen leaves Dbm D Together in the autumn A Bm Dbm D You and I, when we were young A Bm Planning for the future Dbm D E D E D Without knowing what it held for us at all Dbm Bm A D The road to nowhere never climbs Dbm Bm A D We changed direction a dozen times E Dm E That was you and I, when we were young