Yesterday When I Was Young Chords by Charles Aznavour

_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Fm] Yesterday, _ [Bb] when I was young, the taste of [Eb] life was sweet as rain [Ab] upon my tongue.
I teased [D] that life as if it were [G] a foolish game.
The way [Cm] the evening breeze may tease a candle flame.
The thousand dreams [Fm] I dreamed, the splendid things [Bb] I planned.
I always [Eb] built a lass on weak and [Ab] shifting sand.
I lived by [D] night and shunned the naked light [G] of day. _
And only [Cm] now I see how the years ran away. _
[D] _ [Cm] _ [Fm] _ Yesterday, when I [Bb] was young, so many [Eb] drinking songs were waiting [Ab] to be sung.
So many world [Fm] pleasures lay in store for [G] me and so much pain.
[Cm] My dazzled eyes refused to see.
I ran so fast that [Fm] time and youth at last ran [Bb] out.
I never [Eb] stopped to think what life was all [Ab] about.
And every [Fm] conversation I can [G] now recall.
Consolidates [Cm] self with me, me and nothing else at [F] all.
[C] _ _ [Fm] Yesterday, the moon [Bb] was blue and every [Eb] crazy day brought something new [Ab] to do. _
I used [D] my magic age as if it were [G] a wand.
And never [Cm] saw the waste and emptiness beyond.
The game of [Fm] love I played with arrogance [Bb] and pride.
And every [Eb] flame I lit too quickly, [Ab] quickly died.
The friends I made [D] all seemed somehow to [G] drift away. _
And only I [Cm] am left on stage to end the play.
There are so many [Fm] songs in me that [G] won't be sung.
I feel the [Cm] bitter taste of tears upon [Fm] my tongue.
Time has come for me [D] to pay for [Cm] yesterday, _
_ _ [G] when I was [Cm] _ _
_ [D] young.
_ _ _ [G] Young, _ _ _ [Cm] young.
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