Tom: G
G7 Bb7 C7 G7
Well I remember when I was young, the world had just begun and I was happy.
G7 Bb7 C7 G7
I used to wonder about the earth and how it moved around the sun so snappy.
G7 Bb7 C7 G7
Imagination going wild makes a very backward child they told me.
G7 Bb7 C7 G7
So back at school I'd sit around just waiting for the sound so I could go home.
C9 C9 C#9 D9
Sometimes I think about it, it happens every day.
D9 D7#5
I should think of the present, 'cause the present's now.
G7 Bb7 C7 G7
Well I remember when I was young how one and thrippence got ya to the movies.
G7 Bb7 C7 G7
To look tough we'd light a smoke and very nearly choke but we had a real good time.
G7 Bb7 C7 G7
Growing older meant you'd get to fly a Sabre jet and fight a few wars.
G7 Bb7 C7 G7
So I'd just sit there all day and let my mind decay something awful.
C9 C9 C#9 D9
Sometimes I think about it, it happens every day.
D9 D7#5
I should think of the present, 'cause the present's now.
G7 Bb7 C7 G7
Well I remember when I was young I had a secret love who never knew it.
G7 Bb7 C7 G7
Well I'd do tricks upon my bike that never turned out right, I always blew it.
G7 Bb7 C7 G7
And the day we had to part, I had a broken heart but couldn't let on.
G7 Bb7 C7 G7
So I spent my holidays just thinking of the ways I musta gone wrong.
C9 C9 C#9 D9
Sometimes I think about it, it happens every day.
D9 D7#5
I should think of the present, 'cause the present's now.
[Harmonica Solo]
| G7 | Bb7 C7 | G7 | G7 | x4
G7 Bb7 C7 G7
Well I remember when I was young 'The Beatles' turned me on, I really blew my mind.
G7 Bb7 C7 G7
And with Gary, Jack and Pam we'd go and watch a band and have a real good time.
G7 Bb7 C7 G7
Then I heard the black man's blues, it really blew a fuse inside my head.
G7 Bb7 C7 G7
So with some friends we made a stand and formed our first blues band, it was a real good thing.
C9 C9 C#9 D9
Sometimes I think about it, it happens every day.
D9 D7#5
I should think of the present, 'cause the present's now.
G7 Bb7 C7 G7
Well I remember when I was young, I remember when I was young, I surely do.
G7 Bb7 C7 G7
Well I remember when I was young, I remember when I was young, I surely do.
(fade out)
G7 = 353433 Bb7 = 686766 C7 = 8 10 8 9 8 8
