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The Good Old Days

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Music & Lyrics: Rick Astley
Album: Beautiful life (2018)
[Intro]
|   Dm|   F|  Bb  F|   G|
|N.C. |N.C.|N.C. |
[Verse 1]
 DmI believe what I was Ftold
LBbistened to the stereo
Under the cCovers of my bDmed
The stories of the Fold days
The Bbsix wives of Henry
Origin into Cthe center Gmof the earth
[Pre-Chorus]
 FThe place of my bEirth
Was the music that my brEothers
And my sister played to Gmme
And how I beliFeved
The sEtories that they told me
[Chorus]
E'Cause I'm a belDmieverF  
I believBbe in the stories
From the songs, from the Cold days
BeliDmeverF  
I beliBbeve in the world that they told me exisCted
On the Dmvinyl and the tapes
And from the FCD players that came lBbater
So much later than the Cgood old dayDms.
[Verse 2]
Down the yellow brick Froad
I Bbdrive a yellow taxi to a yellow submarCine
Just for Dmfun
As Supertramp Fsang for me
A Bbfull beggars banquet
Or a night at the Copera
[Pre-Chorus]
For Gmall it's worFth
 The place of my bEirth
Was the music that my brEothers
And my sister played to Gmme
And how I beliFeved
The sEtories that they told me
[Chorus]
E'Cause I'm a belDmieverF  
I believBbe in the stories
From the songs, from the Cold days
BeliDmeverF  
I beliBbeve in the world that they told me exisCted
On the Dmvinyl and the tapes
And from the FCD players that came lBbater
So much later than the Cgood old dayFs.
[Bridge]
Someone saved my life every single Dmnight
DbWhen the words and the Bbmusic played
DbWhen the records tooBbk me away
FYeah, someone saved my life Ebevery single nDmight
DbI just listened to the Bbmusic (listened to the Dbmusic)
To the words in the Bbmusic (words in the music)
DbTo the words in the Bbmusic
Listen to the Abwords in the music
AbWords in the music
GmListen to the words in the music
Music, Gbmusic, music, music, music
[Pre-Chorus]
    Gm   FThe place of my birth
Was the music that my brEothers
And my sister played to Gmme
And how I beliFeved
The sEtories that they told me
[Chorus]
E'Cause I'm a belDmieverF  
I believBbe in the stories
From the songs, from the Cold days
BeliDmeverF  
I beliBbeve in the world that they told me exisCted
On the Dmvinyl and the tapes
And from the FCD players that came lBbater
So much later than the Cgood old dDmays.
[Outro]
 DmI believe what I was Ftold
BbListened to the stereo
Under the cCovers of my bDmed

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The Good Old Days

by Rick Astley

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Music & Lyrics: Rick Astley

Album: Beautiful life (2018)

[Intro]

Dm F Bb F G

| | | | |

|N.C. |N.C.|N.C. |

[Verse 1]

Dm F

I believe what I was told

Listened to the stereo

C Dm

Under the covers of my bed

The stories of the old days

The six wives of Henry

C Gm

Origin into the center of the earth

[Pre-Chorus]

F E

The place of my birth

Was the music that my brothers

And my sister played to me

And how I believed

The stories that they told me

[Chorus]

E Dm F

'Cause I'm a believer

I believe in the stories

From the songs, from the old days

Dm F

Believer

Bb C

I believe in the world that they told me existed

On the vinyl and the tapes

F Bb

And from the CD players that came later

C Dm

So much later than the good old days.

[Verse 2]

Down the yellow brick road

Bb C

I drive a yellow taxi to a yellow submarine

Just for fun

As Supertramp sang for me

A full beggars banquet

Or a night at the opera

[Pre-Chorus]

Gm F

For all it's worth

The place of my birth

Was the music that my brothers

And my sister played to me

And how I believed

The stories that they told me

[Chorus]

E Dm F

'Cause I'm a believer

I believe in the stories

From the songs, from the old days

Dm F

Believer

Bb C

I believe in the world that they told me existed

On the vinyl and the tapes

F Bb

And from the CD players that came later

C F

So much later than the good old days.

[Bridge]

Someone saved my life every single night

Db Bb

When the words and the music played

Db Bb

When the records took me away

F Eb Dm

Yeah, someone saved my life every single night

Db Bb Db

I just listened to the music (listened to the music)

To the words in the music (words in the music)

Db Bb

To the words in the music

Listen to the words in the music

Words in the music

Listen to the words in the music

Music, music, music, music, music

[Pre-Chorus]

Gm F

The place of my birth

Was the music that my brothers

And my sister played to me

And how I believed

The stories that they told me

[Chorus]

E Dm F

'Cause I'm a believer

I believe in the stories

From the songs, from the old days

Dm F

Believer

Bb C

I believe in the world that they told me existed

On the vinyl and the tapes

F Bb

And from the CD players that came later

C Dm

So much later than the good old days.

[Outro]

Dm F

I believe what I was told

Listened to the stereo

C Dm

Under the covers of my bed

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