Key: Bb major
Verse 1
G
Em
G
Once when I was very young,
G
Am
F
Dm
I looked at life with a curious view
G
F
Em
as the days rolled slowly by.
Am
A
I listened with the
Bm
Em
ear of a child
A
Dm
to the sounds of birds in flight,
Em
Am
Cdim
C#m
and cheered with our colors
A
C#m
A
B
D
Dm
when the dark snuffed out the light.
Bm
Am
G
Em
But in the lazy days of summer
G
C
when the daylight lingered on,
Dm
F
Dm
We played our game of
hide -and -go -seek,
G
F
Em
G
And daydreamed on the lawn.
Bm
Dm
Am
The summer nights were
C
Dm
When we tried with all our might
A
Am
C#m
A
To fight away the whims of sleep
Dm
A
Bm
D
and wait for dawn's first light.
G
Bm
I've grown into a man.
G
Cm
But the memories of childhood,
Am
Bm
G
my childhood,
Am
C
G
I still hold in my hand.
C
Bm
I'm even of the things of youth,
Am
G
like toys and dolls and trains,
Em
G
Cm
G
and traded them for other s,
Bm
Em
G
others, oth ers,
F#
C#dim
G
Bm
like work and aches and pains.
G
Dm
G
Gaug
G
Em
But in my mind I wonder if
G
C
G
C
I could go back still
A
Cdim
And remember those days
G
C#dim
of bliss and youth
A
Eb
Ab
G
On summer's peaceful hills.
Oh, once when I was so very young,
Em
C
F
with a twinkling in my eye,
G
Bm
Bbdim
Am
G
I looked at life with a curious view,
Bm
C
G
Am
As the days rolled slowly,
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