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Cat Stevens  1974 *
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_Very_Young
A
AOh very Dyoung
What will you Eleave us this F#mtimeD  
EYou're only E7dancing on this Aearth for a short Dwhile
And though your dreams may toss and Eturn you now
They will Avanish aDway like your Adaddy's best jeans
Denim Dblue fading Aup to the Dsky
And though you Awant them to last forA7ever
You Dknow they B7never Ewill
You know they never will
And the patches make the E7goodbye Eharder Astill
AOh very Dyoung
What will you Eleave us this F#mtimeD  
There'll Enever be a E7better Achance to change your Dmind
And if you want this world to see a Ebetter day
Will you Acarry the Dwords of Alove with you
Will you Dride the Agreat white bird into Dheaven
And though you Awant to last forA7ever
You Dknow you B7never Ewill
You know you never will
And the goodbye makes the E7journey Eharder Astill
AOh very Dyoung
What will you Eleave us this F#mtimeD  
You're Eonly E7dancing on this Aearth for a short Dwhile
AOh very Dyoung
What will you Eleave us this F#mtimeD  
* Alternate:
Capo II
   A= G  
   D= C  
   E= D  
 F#m= Em  
  E7= D7  
  B7= A7  
  A7= G7  
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Oh Very Young

by Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)

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Cat Stevens 1974 *

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_Very_Young

A D

Oh very young

E F#m D

What will you leave us this time

E E7 A D

You're only dancing on this earth for a short while

And though your dreams may toss and turn you now

A D A

They will vanish away like your daddy's best jeans

D A D

Denim blue fading up to the sky

A A7

And though you want them to last forever

D B7 E

You know they never will

E7 E A

And the patches make the goodbye harder still

A D

Oh very young

E F#m D

What will you leave us this time

E E7 A D

There'll never be a better chance to change your mind

And if you want this world to see a better day

A D A

Will you carry the words of love with you

D A D

Will you ride the great white bird into heaven

A A7

And though you want to last forever

D B7 E

You know you never will

E7 E A

And the goodbye makes the journey harder still

A D

Oh very young

E F#m D

What will you leave us this time

E E7 A D

You're only dancing on this earth for a short while

A D

Oh very young

E F#m D

What will you leave us this time

* Alternate:

Capo II

A G

D C

E D

F#m Em

E7 D7

B7 A7

A7 G7

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