I Didn't See The Time Go By chords by Charles Aznavour

SimplifiedC · Dm · Gsus4 · F · Bb …

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C
Dm
Gsus4
F
Bb
Asus4
A
G
E
Am
F#dim
Em
Absus4
Ebm
Db
Bbsus4
Cm
Bbm
Gb
Ab

Intro 1

Gsus4

Verse 1
C 
Now as
F 
the wheel of life turns faster
Dm 
Now as the seasons
Gsus4 
C 
Bb 
seem     to fly
Asus4 
A 
I see so many things at last,
Dm 
G 
but didn't see the time go by

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Verse 2

I've known delight,

I've known disaster

Gsus4

The caviar, the humble pie

Asus4

From the absurd to the sublime

I didn't see the time go by

Verse 3
Am 
I didn't see the years roll on
F#dim 
I didn't know the road
would bend
F 
Refused to see when youth
Em 
was gone
Dm 
G 
Pretending it might never end
C 
Asus4 
A 
Dm 
Now, there is       price to pay for
C 
F 
Gsus4 
G 
every day I  threw away

Verse 4
C 
F 
Em 
It seems I've wasted half a lifetime
Dm 
F 
G 
C 
Within the blinking of an eye
Asus4 
A 
I didn't hear the
Dm 
midnight chime
F 
Gsus4 
C 
I didn't see the time go by
Dm 
Gsus4 
G 
C 
Dm 
Gsus4 
G 

Verse 5
C 
F 
C 
In still of nights and brief romances
Dm 
Gsus4 
I kissed the girls and
C 
Bb 
made them cry
Asus4 
A 
While there were balconies
Dm 
to climb
G 
I didn't see the time go by

Verse 6
C 
F 
C 
I was the guy with all the answers,
Dm 
Gsus4 
The halfway- truths,
C 
Bb 
the little lies
Asus4 
A 
Dm 
So       sure, so certain in my prime
F 
E 
I didn't see the time go by

Verse 7
Am 
I   hit the heights, I bit the dirt
F#dim 
I left some wreckage in my way
F 
C 
I didn't see that lies can hurt
Dm 
G 
I didn't know how hearts can break
C 
Asus4 
And now, they come to
Dm 
haunt my mind,
C 
F 
Gsus4 
The lives I touched and left behind
G 
F 
Gsus4 
G 
Absus4 

Verse 8
Ebm 
I've sung a hundred songs of longing,
Absus4 
Db 
Of sweet regret and hope run dry
Bbsus4 
Bb 
I've searched for melody and rhyme,
Ebm 
Db 
But never saw how time can fly,
Cm 
F 
Bbm 
Newer saw the darkening sky