The Hungry Years chords by Neil Sedaka

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Verse 1
A 
 (A major) Girl we made it to the top
Dm 
 (D minor) We went so high we couldn't stop
A 
Dm 
 (A major) We climbed the lad (D minor) der
A 
leading us  (A major) nowhere
D 
Two of us to (D major) gether
Dm 
A 
Dm 
G 
Build (D minor) ing castles in the  (A major) air  (D minor)  (G major) 

Verse 2
C 
 (C major) We spun so fast we couldn't tell
Fm 
 (F minor) The gold ring from the carousel
C 
Fm 
 (C major) How could we know the  (F minor) ride
C 
E 
would turn  (C major) out bad  (E major) 
Am 
D 
Everything  (A minor) we wanted  (D major) 
Gsus4 
G 
Was everything  (Gsus4) we had    (G major) 

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Verse 3

I miss the hungry years

The once upon a time

The lovely long ago

We didn't have a dime

Those days of me and you

We lost along the way

Verse 4
F 
How could I be so blind  (F major) 
Fm 
Not to see the  (F minor) door
C 
Closing on  (C major) the world
D 
I now hun (D major) ger for
Dm 
G 
F 
Looking through  (D minor) my  tears  (G major)  (F major) 
Gsus4 
G 
C 
Bm 
E 
 (Gsus4) I miss  (G major) the hungry  (C major) years  (B minor)  (E major) 

Verse 5
A 
 (A major) We shared our daydreams one by one
Dm 
 (D minor) Making plans was so much fun
A 
Dm 
 (A major) We set our goals  (D minor) and reached
A 
the highest  (A major) star
D 
The things that we were  (D major) after
Dm 
A 
Dm 
G 
 (D minor) Were much better from  (A major) afar  (D minor)  (G major) 

Verse 6
C 
 (C major) Here we stand just me and you
Fm 
 (F minor) With everything and nothing, too
C 
Fm 
 (C major) It wasn't worth the price  (F minor) 
C 
E 
we had  (C major) to pay  (E major) 
Am 
Honey take  (A minor) me home
D 
Gsus4 
G 
 (D major) Let's go back to yester (Gsus4) day       (G major) 

Verse 7
F 
I miss the hungry  (F major) years
Fm 
The once upon a  (F minor) time
C 
The lovely long  (C major) ago
D 
We didn't have  (D major) a dime
Dm 
G 
F 
Those days  (D minor) of me and you  (G major)  (F major) 
Gsus4 
Fm 
C 
 (Gsus4) We lost  (F minor) along  (C major) the way

Verse 8
F 
How could I be so blind  (F major) 
Fm 
Not to see the door  (F minor) 
C 
Closing on the world  (C major) 
D 
I know hun (D major) ger for
Dm 
G 
F 
Looking through  (D minor) my  tears  (G major)  (F major) 
Gsus4 
G 
C 
Fm 
 (Gsus4) I miss  (G major) the hungry  (C major) years  (F minor) 
C 
Fm 
I miss the hungry  (C major)  (F minor) years