These are the good old days
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Bm
1. And all these sad young men parading through their lives,
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G D
the girls that they have loved
have now become expensive wives.
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Bm
They think they know it all
and in some ways they do,
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D D7
they're reaching out for
better times if they only knew.
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C Am
These are the good old days this
is the best time of my life
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F D
the best I've ever known, and it won't ever be
the same again.
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These are the good old days and
when my clothes are out of style
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and life is slowing down, I'll know what I have
done.
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Bm
2. While all this sad young men go marchin' up to war,
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G D
the old men shake their heads
and say we've seen it all before
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Bm
But how are they to know, the
lesson take so long
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D D7
and by the time they found the
answer life is almost gone.
+ CHORUS
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(orig. = capo 2nd) (Albert
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