Yesterday When I Was Young

YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG Aznavour & Kretzmer Charles Aznanour Dm7 G7 ¾ Yester ||: day when I^was | young^the taste^of life^was | ||: day the moon^was | blue^and every crazy | CM7 F Bm7 | sweet^as ^rain upon ^my | tongue^I teased^at life^as | if^it were^a foolish | | day^brought something new^to | do^I used^my magic | age^as if^it were^a | E7 Am | game^the way^the evening | breeze^may tease^a candle | flame^the thousand dreams^I| | wand^and never saw^the | waste^and empti ness^be | yond^the game^of love^I | Dm7 G7 CM7 | dreamed^the splendid things^I | planned^I always built^a | las^on weak^and shifting | | played^with arro gance^and | pride^and every flame^I | lit^too quickly quickly | F Bm7 E7 | sand^I lived^by night^and | shunned^the naked light^of | day^and only now^I | | died^the friends^I made^all | seemed somehow to^drift=a | way^and only I^am | Am | see^how the^years ran^a | | left^on stage^to end^the | Dm7 G7 1. | way yy yester | day when I^was | young^so many drinking | CM7 FM7 Dm | songs^were waiting to^be | sung^So many wayward | pleasures lay^in store^for | E7 Am | me^And so^much pain^my | dazzled eyes^re fused^to | see^I ran^so fast^that | Dm7 G7 CM7 | time^and youth^at last^ran | out^I never stopped^to | think^what life^was all^a | FM7 Dm E7 | bout^And every conver | sation I^can now^re | call concerned itself^with | Am | me^and nothing else^at | all ll Yester :|| Am Dm E7 2. | play^There are^so many | songs^in me^that wont^be | sung^I feel^the bitter | Am D Dm6 | taste^of tears upon^my | tongue the^time=has come^for | me to pay^for | Am E7 Dm Am | yester day when | I..I was | young gg gg | gg gg / ||