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These Were The Days  - Will Hoge - The Wreckage
(Capo 1st)
Intro:     G     C   F     C  
Verse:         G          C         G  C  
Pre-Chorus:     Em     GCx3      Am     D  
Chorus :   G    C   F     C   G  
I remember before I was even born
I want your Love, your name on my tongue
And I know now, that it was not just a dream
Cause it's here now, and I still believe
Give me something I can hold on to
Don't let it all just get away
Don't' want to look back on a photograph.. 
And say that these ..
These were the Days, These were the Days
And I want you in this front seat next to me
Your hair in pigtails, barefoot and skinned knees
And I hold you as the rain starts to fall
I follow the way home, switch down to the phone
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
break
 Chold							G  
And everybody wants what they can't get, I know
 Chold								G  
Even when it comes and feel like it's moving just a bit too slow
AmAnd EverybodDy can just sit back and watch it go away
(pause, vocals  into chorus)
Don't' want to look back on a photograph.. 
AnAmd saDy that these ..     These 
These were the Days, These were the Days
These were the Days, These were the Days
These were the Days

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These Were The Days

by Will Hoge

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

These Were The Days - Will Hoge - The Wreckage

(Capo 1st)

G C F C

Intro:

G C G C

Verse:

Em G Am D

Pre-Chorus: Cx3

G C F C G

Chorus :

I remember before I was even born

I want your Love, your name on my tongue

And I know now, that it was not just a dream

Cause it's here now, and I still believe

Give me something I can hold on to

Don't let it all just get away

Don't' want to look back on a photograph..

And say that these ..

These were the Days, These were the Days

And I want you in this front seat next to me

Your hair in pigtails, barefoot and skinned knees

And I hold you as the rain starts to fall

I follow the way home, switch down to the phone

Pre-Chorus

Chorus

break

C G

hold

And everybody wants what they can't get, I know

C G

hold

Even when it comes and feel like it's moving just a bit too slow

Am D

And Everybody can just sit back and watch it go away

(pause, vocals into chorus)

Don't' want to look back on a photograph..

Am D

And say that these .. These

These were the Days, These were the Days

These were the Days

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