{"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":1827709,"song":"Yesterday When I Was Young","artist":"Dusty Springfield","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1827709-yesterday-when-i-was-young-chords-by-dusty-springfield/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1827709?type=chord","rating":4.75092,"votes":30,"content":"Yesterday When I Was Young - Dusty Springfield\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYesterday when I was young, [/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nthe taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI teased at life as if it were a foolish game,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthe way the evening breeze may tease the candle flame.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe thousand dreams I dreamed, the splendid things I planned,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI always built to last on weak and shifting sand.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI lived by night and shunned the naked light of day[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand only now I see how the time ran away.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYesterday when I was young,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nso many lovely songs were waiting to be sung.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo many wild pleasures lay in store for me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand so much pain my eyes refused to see.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI ran so fast that time and youth at last ran out.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI never stopped to think what life was all about.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Dm[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd every conversation that I can now recall[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nconcerned itself with me and nothing else at all.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe game of love I played with arrogance and pride[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nand every flame I lit too quickly, quickly died.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe friends I made all somehow seemed to slip away[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand only now I'm left alone to end the play.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, yesterday when I was young,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nso many, many songs were waiting to be sung.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo many wild pleasures lay in store for me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand so much pain my eyes refused to see.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere are so many songs in me that won't be sung.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe time has come for me to pay for yesterday when I was young.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nEnjoy!","plain_text":"Yesterday When I Was Young - Dusty Springfield\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEnjoy!","chords":["Am","Dm","G","C","F","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}