lyrics from reprint of 1985 sheet music E/B B E/B B E/B B E/B B

^B You always ^Esay you like my style; ^B/F# ^F# ^B/F# ^F# ^B You say I'm ^Etough and kind of wild^F#. ^B Am I too ^Emuch for you to tame' ^B/F# ^F# ^B/F# ^F# ^B I swear this ^Etime It's not a ^Agame. ^F#

I've ^Eknown a lot of girls;^F# No, ^Ethis I won't deny. ^F# I'll ^Egive our love, I'll give it more than a ^F#try.

^B That was then ^F# ^G#m This is now.^E ^B Let me ^F#mprove my love, girl; ^G#m I'll make you ^Eproud.

^B I never made ^F# ^G#m This kind of ^Evow. ^B But that was the^F#n and this is ^Enow. ^F#

^B I've led a ^Ethousand lives, it seems;^B/F# ^F# ^B/F# ^F# ^B There's been a ^Elot of broken dre^F#ams. ^B My mind, it ^Ejust swept love aside.^B/F# ^F# ^B/F# ^F# ^BBut you broke me ^Edown, You've put me ^Awise. ^F#

I ^Edoubted all compas^F#sion, But ^Eyou showed me the sco^F#re. I ^Ecan't doubt it, I don't doubt it no ^F#more

^B That was then ^F# ^G#m This is now.^E ^B Let me ^F#mprove my love, girl; ^G#m I'll make you ^Eproud.

^B I never made ^F# ^G#m This kind of ^Evow. ^B But that was the^F#n and this is ^Enow. ^F#

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^B That was then ^F# ^G#m This is now.^E ^B Let me ^F#mprove my love, girl; ^G#m I'll make you ^Eproud.

^B I never made ^F# ^G#m This kind of ^Evow. ^B But that was the^F#n and this is ^Enow. ^E/B ^B But that was th^F#en and this is ^Anow. ^B

The Monkees - That was then this is now