Key: Gb major•
Intro 1
F#
G#m
B
C#sus4
F#
G#m
B
C#sus4
F#
G#m
Bsus2
F#
G#m
Bsus2
C#sus4
F#
Verse 1
B
C#sus4
mid- western town
F#
G#m
B
There was nine of us living in a
C#sus4
B
three- bedroom house, yeah
F#
G#m
B
Didn't have much money but
Bsus2
C#sus4
we made do
F#
G#m
'Cause mama worked all day long
B
C#sus4
B
and daddy did too
Verse 2
F#
A#m
made sure we had clothes and food
G#m
B
Went to public schools and we
D#m
F#
A#m
We used second hand books, but oh,
I didn't mind the books
D#m
C#sus4
Everybody's gotta struggle sometime
Verse 3
F#
G#m
Bring back those simple times
B
C#sus4
of yesterday
F#
G#m
When a man was a man
B
C#sus4
And a friend was a friend
Verse 4
F#
G#m
B
Bring back those simple times of
F#
G#m
When you said what you meant
B
C#sus4
F#
And you meant what you said
Verse 5
B
C#sus4
Bsus2
who always kept his word
F#
G#m
We went through schoolyard fights,
B
C#sus4
Bsus2
had a thing for pretty girls, yeah
F#
G#m
Didn't cost much money to
B
C#sus4
see the picture show
F#
G#m
So we hopped the bus
into town
C#sus4
B
used to go sit
Verse 6
D#m
F#
A#m
Fifty cents would buy us yeah,
popcorn for two
C#sus4
D#m
And picnics in the summer
C#
C#sus4
F#
in the middle of June
Verse 7
B
yesterday
C#sus4
F#
G#m
When a man was a man (hey)
B
C#sus4
And a friend was a friend
Verse 8
B
F#
G#m
When you said what you meant
Bsus2
B
And you meant what you
C#sus4
said
Verse 9
I reminisce,
C#sus4
C#
That we had in our lives
Verse 10
Sometimes I can't get over, oh
How wonderful those days
D#m
C#
C#sus4
Simple days for simple
times
F#
G#m
B
C#sus4
Verse 11
F#
simple times of yesterday
C#sus4
F#
And a friend (woo) was a friend (was a friend,
yeah)
Verse 12
B
F#
G#m
When you said what you meant (when you
say what mean)
Verse 13
G#m
B
Bring back those simple times of (simple times
F#
G#m
When a man was
a man (man was a man)
B
C#sus4
And a friend was a friend (a friend was a friend,
Verse 14
B
B
C#sus4
And you meant what you said
Verse 15
F#
G#m
Oh yeah, bring back those simple times
B
C#sus4
of yesterday (yeah, yeah)
F#
G#m
When a man was a man
(a man was a man)
B
C#sus4
And a friend was a friend
Verse 16
B
F#
G#m
When you said what you meant
(what you mean)
B
C#sus4
And you meant what you said
(mean what you say)
Verse 17
Bring back those simple times of
yesterday
When a man was a man
And a friend was a friend
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