The Hungry Years chords by Rita Coolidge

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B
Em
E
A
D
Gm
F#
Bm
Asus4
G
C#m

Verse 1
B 
 (B major) Babe, we made it to the top
Em 
 (E minor) We went so high we couldn't stop
B 
 (B major) We climbed the ladder
Em 
B 
 (E minor) leading us nowhere  (B major) 
E 
Two of  (E major) us together building
Em 
B 
Em 
A 
 (E minor) castles in the  (B major) air  (E minor)  (A major) 

Verse 2
D 
 (D major) We spun so fast we couldn't tell
Gm 
 (G minor) The gold ring from the carousel
D 
Gm 
 (D major) How could we know  (G minor) the right
D 
F# 
would turn  (D major) out bad  (F sharp major) 
Bm 
Everything  (B minor) we  wanted,
D 
E 
Asus4 
A 
 (D major) was  (E major) everything we  (Asus4) had       (A major) 
Asus4 
D 
I  (Asus4) miss     the  (D major) hungry

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Verse 3

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
G 
How could I be so  (G major) blind
Gm 
Not to see  (G minor) the door
D 
Closing  (D major) on the world
E 
That I  (E major) now hunger for
Em 
Asus4 
Looking  (E minor) through my tears  (Asus4) 
D 
C#m 
F# 
I miss the hungry  (D major) years  (C sharp minor)  (F sharp major) 

Verse 5
B 
 (B major) We shared our day dreams one by one
Em 
 (E minor) Making plans was so much fun
B 
Em 
 (B major) We set our goals  (E minor) and reached
B 
the highest  (B major) star
E 
Things that we were af (E major) ter
Em 
B 
Em 
A 
were much  (E minor) better  (B major) from a far  (E minor)  (A major) 

Verse 6
D 
 (D major) And here we stand just me and you
Gm 
 (G minor) With everything and nothing too
D 
Gm 
 (D major) It wasn't worth  (G minor) the price
D 
F# 
we  (D major) had to pay  (F sharp major) 
Bm 
Honey, take  (B minor) me  home
D 
E 
Let's  (D major) go back  (E major) to yesterday
Asus4 
 (Asus4) 

Verse 7
A 
 (A major) 
G 
I miss the hungry  (G major) years
Gm 
The once upon  (G minor) a   time
D 
The lovely  (D major) long ago
E 
We didn't  (E major) have a dime
Em 
Gm 
Those days  (E minor) of me and you  (G minor) 
Asus4 
D 
We  (Asus4) lost     along  (D major) the way

Verse 8
G 
How could I be so  (G major) blind
Gm 
Not to see  (G minor) the door
D 
Closing  (D major) on the world
E 
That I now  (E major) hunger for
Em 
Asus4 
Looking  (E minor) through my tears  (Asus4) 
D 
Gm 
D 
Gm 
D 
I miss the hungry  (D major)  (G minor)  (D major)  (G minor) years  (D major) 