verse 1
Gm C
Yesterday, when I was young
F
The taste of life was sweet
Bb
Like rain upon my tongue
Gm
I teased at life as if
A
It were a foolish game
Dm
The way an evening breeze
would tease a candle flame
Gm
The thousand dreams I dreamed
C
The splendid things I planned
F
I always built to last
Bb
On weak and shifting sand
Gm
I lived by night and shunned
A
The naked light of day
Dm
And only now I see
How the years have run away
Bb C
Yesterday, when I was young
F
There were so many songs
Bb
That waited to be sung
Gm
so many wild pleasures
A
that Lay in store for me
And so much pain
Dm
My dazzled eyes refused to see
Bb
I ran so fast that time
C
And youth at last ran out
F
And I never stopped to think
Bb
What life was all about
Gm
And every conversation
A
That I can recall
Dm
Concerned itself with me
And nothing else at all
Riff Gm C F Bb Gm A Dm
verse 2
Gm C
Yesterday, the moon was blue
F
And every crazy day
Bb
Brought something new to do
Gm
And I used my magic age
A
As if it were a wand
Dm
And never saw the waste
Dm
And emptiness beyond
Dm Gm
The game of love I played
C
With arrogance and pride
F
And every flame I lit
Bb
so quickly, quickly died
Gm
The friends I made all seemed
A
Somehow to drift away
Dm
And only I am left
On stage to end the play
Bb C
Yesterday when I was young
F
There were so many songs
Bb
That waited to be sung
Gm
so many wild pleasures
A
Lay in store for me
And so much pain
Dm
My dazzled eyes refused to see
Bb
There are so many songs in me
C
That won't be sung
F
cause I feel the bitter taste
Bb
Of tears upon my tongue
Gm
and The time has come for me
A
To pay for yesterday
Dm
When I was young