These Are The Good

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From: "KKKKlaus"  

 

These are the good old days     (Albert Hammond - 1975)

Intro: 
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 A
And all these sad yound men
 
 C#m
paraiding through their lives

 D
the girls that they have loved have now
 
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 E
become expensive wifes


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They think they know it all
 
 C#m
and in some ways they do

 D
they're reaching out for better times

 E7
if they only knew


       
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Refr.: These are the good old days
                   
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       this is the best time of my life
       
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       the best I've ever known
              
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       and it won't ever be the same again
        
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       These are the good old days
                      
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       and when my clothes are out of style
        
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       and life is slowing down
           
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       I'll know what I have done



 A
While all this sad young men
  
 C#m
go marchin' up to walk

 D
the old men shake their heads and say

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we've seen it all before


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But how are they to know
 
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lessons take so long
 
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and by the time they found the answer
 
 E7
life is almost gone       (repeat refrain)


The text is taken from CD by ear "Albert Hammond, The very best of Albert Hammond"