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YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG by Charles Aznavour & Herbert Kretzmer Blossome Dearie version https://youtu.be/8GFcGiWBLo8 [Verse 1]
YesterGmday when I was Cyoung The taste of life was Fsweet as rain upon my Bbtongue I teased at life as if Gmit were a foolish Agame The way the evening Dmbreeze may tease a candle flame.
[Verse 2]
The thousand dreams I Gmdreamed, the splendid things I Cplanned I always built, aFlas, on weak and shifting Bbsand I lived by night and Gmshunned the naked light of Aday And only now I Dmsee how the years ran away
[Chorus]
YesterBbday, when I was Cyoung So many drinking Fsongs were waiting to be Bbsung So many wayward Gmpleasures lay in store for Ame And so much pain my Dmdazzled eyes refused to see I ran so fast that Bbtime and youth at last ran Cout I never stopped to Fthink what life was all Bbabout And every converGmsation I can now reAcall Concerned itself with Dmme, and nothing else at all.
[Verse 3]
YesterGmday the moon was Cblue And every crazy Fday brought something new to Bbdo I used my magic Gmage as if it were a Awand And never saw the Dmwaste and emptiness beyond.
[Verse 4]
The Dmgame of love I Gmplayed with arrogance and Cpride And every flame I Flit too quickly, quickly Bbdied. The friends I made all Gmseemed somehow to drift aAway And only I am Dmleft on stage to end the play.
[Verse 5]
There are so many Bbsongs in me that won't be Csung I feel the bitter Ftaste of tears upon my Bbtongue The time has come for Gmme to pay for yesterAday When I was...Dmyoung
[Interlude] Bb C F Bb Gm A Dm [Chorus]
YesterBbday, when I was Cyoung So many drinking Fsongs were waiting to be Bbsung So many wayward Gmpleasures lay in store for Ame And so much pain my Dmdazzled eyes refused to see I ran so fast that Bbtime and youth at last ran Cout I never stopped to Fthink what life was all Bbabout And every converGmsation I can now reAcall Concerned itself with Dmme, and nothing else at all.
[Verse 6]
There are so many Bbsongs in me that won't be Csung I feel the bitter Ftaste of tears upon my Bbtongue The time has come for Gmme to pay for yesterAday When I was...Dmyoung
[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