Mary Hopkin - Those were the days

^EmOnce upon a time, there was a tavern ^EWhere we used to raise a glass or ^Amtwo Remember how we laughed away the ^Emhours, ^F#7Think of all the great things we would ^B7do ----------

Those were the ^Emdays, my friend We thought they'd ^Amnever end We'd sing and ^Ddance for^D7ever and a ^Gday We'd live the ^Amlife we'd choose We'd fight and ^Emnever lose For we were ^B7young and sure to have our ^Emway Da di di di di di da di di ^Amdi di di Da di di ^B7di di di di di di ^Emda ----------

^EmThen, the busy years went rushing by us ^EWe lost our starry notions on the ^Amway If, by chance, I'd see you in the ^Emtavern, We'd ^F#7smile at one another and we'd ^B7say ---------- Those were the ^Emdays, my friend We thought they'd ^Amnever end We'd sing and ^Ddance for^D7ever and a ^Gday We'd live the ^Amlife we'd choose We'd fight and ^Emnever lose Those were t^B7he days oh yes those were t^Emhe days

Da di di di di di di di di ^Amdi di di Da di di ^B7di di di di di di ^Emda

^EmJust tonight, I stood before the tavern ^ENothing seemed the way it used to ^Ambe In the glass, I saw a strange re^Emflection ^F#7Was that lonely stranger really ^B7me? ---------- Those were the ^Emdays, my friend We thought they'd ^Amnever end We'd sing and ^Ddance for^D7ever and a ^Gday We'd live the ^Amlife we'd choose We'd fight and ^Emnever lose Those were t^B7he days oh yes those were t^Emhe days Da di di di di di di di di ^Amdi di di di Da di di ^B7di di di di di di ^Emda Ahhhhhhhhh ^FmAhhhh

^FmThrough the door, there came familiar laughter ^Fm7I saw your face and heard you call my na^A#mme Oh, my friend, we're older but no ^Fmwiser ^G7For in our hearts, the dreams are still the^C7 same ----------

Those were the ^Fmdays, my friend We thought they'd ^A#mnever end We'd sing and ^Ebdance for^Eb7ever and a ^G#day We'd live the ^A#mlife we'd choose We'd fight and ^Fmnever lose For we were ^C7young and sure to have our ^Fmway Da di di di di di di di di ^A#mdi di da Da di di ^Ebdi di d^Eb7i di di di ^G#di Da di di ^A#mdi di di di di di d^Fmi da di Those were the ^C7days oh yes those were the ^Fmdays Those were the ^C7days oh yes those were the ^Fmdays