Key: D major
Verse 1
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Bm
D
When I was young and my
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slippers were red,
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I could kick my heels clear over my head.
The years went by
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and my slippers turned blue,
still I could rollick the
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whole night through.
Now I'm old and my
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slippers are black,
I walk to the corner
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and I puff my way back.
And the way I know
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my youth has been spent
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My get -up -and -go just not up and went
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I sit in my chair with a great big grin
When I think where my get -up
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-and -go has been
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I lay on my pillow and I still have fun
When I think what my get -up
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-and -go has done
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days
She wasn't very pretty,
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but she had sweet ways
The gold dust sendin' and
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the times got hard
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Found me a jewel in my own back yard
Now I ain't a braggart,
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but I don't suppose I can count my
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lovers on my fingers and toes
And the way I know
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my youth has been spent
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My get -up -and -go just not up and when
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I sit in my chair with a great big grin
When I think where my get -up
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-and -go has been
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I lay on my pillow and I still have fun
When I think what my get -up
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-and -go has done
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Well, every night when I get into bed,
I dream my black slippers have
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turned back to red.
Wake up in the morning
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and I dust off my whips,
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I pick up the paper and I read the old bits.
If my name is missing,
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I know I'm not dead,
so I eat a big breakfast
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and I go back to bed.
And the way I know
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my youth has been spent
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My get -up -and -go just got up and went
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I sit in my chair with a great big grin
When I think where my get -up
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-and -go has been
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I lay on my pillow and I still have fun
When I think what my get -up
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D
-and -go has done you
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ChordsD Bm G
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