{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1790398,"song":"Yesterday When I Was Young","artist":"Glen Campbell","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11394053-yesterday-when-i-was-young-chords-by-glen-campbell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1790398?type=chord","rating":4.94263,"votes":140,"content":"Yesterday When I Was Young \r\nGlen Campbell\r\n\r\nVerse 1\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Gm[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYesterday, when I was young[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe taste of life was sweet[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nLike rain upon my tongue[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Gm[/ch]    \r\nI teased at life as if[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt were a foolish game[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe way an evening breeze[/tab]\r\n\r\nwould tease a candle flame\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Gm[/ch]                    \r\nThe thousand dreams I dreamed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe splendid things I planned[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI always built to last[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nOn weak and shifting sand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nI lived by night and shunned[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe naked light of day[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd only now I see[/tab]\r\n\r\nHow the years have run away\r\n\r\nChorus 1\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYesterday, when I was young[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThere were so many songs[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThat waited to be sung[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nso many wild pleasures[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nthat Lay in store for me[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd so much pain\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMy dazzled eyes refused to see[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI ran so fast that time[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd youth at last ran out[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I never stopped to think[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWhat life was all about[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd every conversation[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat I can recall[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nConcerned itself with me[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd nothing else at all\r\n\r\nRiff [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 2\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Gm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYesterday, the moon was blue[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd every crazy day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBrought something new to do[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd I used my magic age[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs if it were a wand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd never saw the waste[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd emptiness beyond[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThe game of love I played[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith arrogance and pride[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd every flame I lit[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nso quickly, quickly died[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThe friends I made all seemed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSomehow to drift away[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd only I am left[/tab]\r\n\r\nOn stage to end the play\r\n\r\nChorus 2\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYesterday when I was young[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThere were so many songs[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThat waited to be sung[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nso many wild pleasures[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLay in store for me[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd so much pain\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMy dazzled eyes refused to see[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThere are so many songs in me[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat won't be sung[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\ncause I feel the bitter taste[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nOf tears upon my tongue[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nand The time has come for me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo pay for yesterday[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhen I was young[/tab]\r\n\r\nflyinglibra51\r\nGod Bless Glen Travis Campbell","plain_text":"Yesterday When I Was Young \nGlen Campbell\n\nVerse 1\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nwould tease a candle flame\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow the years have run away\n\nChorus 1\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd so much pain\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd nothing else at all\n\nRiff Gm C  F  Bb Gm  A  Dm\n\n\nVerse 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOn stage to end the play\n\nChorus 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd so much pain\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nflyinglibra51\nGod Bless Glen Travis Campbell","chords":["Gm","C","F","Bb","A","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}