Times Were When

TIMES WERE WHEN: THE CATS (1968) (Grimshaw) 4/4 - 98

|./.    |: Repeat previous measure of 4-counts.

Intro:

Fret: |9    9 |5    |2   1  2
      |A    E7|A    |A   E7|A    |

Verse 1:

A                 |E7         |
GRAND-DAD SITTING  BY THE FIRE,

D           |E7               |A           |./.    |
REMI-NISCING OF THE TIMES WHEN HE WAS A BOY.

./.            |E7               |D
IN THE GOOD OLD DA-YS HE KEEPS ON SAYIN’
                                     / (Break)
     |E7              |A            |A
‘BOUT EV’RY-THING I’VE HEA-RD BEFORE.

Chorus:
         |F#m7             |D               |E7             |A
TMES WERE WHEN, TIMES WE-RE WHEN. TIMES THAT WON’T BE BACK A-GAIN,

          |E7    |A   E7|A    |
TIMES WERE WHE –  N.

Verse 2:

A                   |E7               |
TIMES WERE WHEN BOYS LOOKED LIKE BOY-S,

D           |E7              |A            |./.
AND MY DADDY SAID ACTING LIKE HU-MAN SHOULD.

  |./.          |E7            |D
HE DOESN’T UNDER-STAND OUR GENE-RATION,
                               / (Break)
   |E7           |A           |A
AND MAYBE  HE CAN SEE- NO GOOD.

Chorus:
         |F#m7             |D               |E7             |A
TMES WERE WHEN, TIMES WE-RE WHEN. TIMES THAT WON’T BE BACK A-GAIN,

          |E7    |A   E7|A    |
TIMES WERE WHE –  N.

Verse 3:

Ab            |Eb7        |
BUT WHEN I GET TO HIS A-GE,

C#            |Eb7                |Ab         |./.    |
I WILL TALK OF ALL THE GOOD TIMES  I HAD TODAY.

./.               |Eb7            |
TIMES WERE WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG MAN,
                                                    / (Break)
C#                |Eb7                 |Ab         |Ab
AND HE THOUGHT AND DID THE SAME THINGS  I DO TODAY.

Chorus:
          |Fm7              |C#              |Eb7            |Ab
TMES WERE  WHEN, TIMES WE-RE WHEN. TIMES THAT WON’T BE BACK A-GAIN,
                            / (Break)
          |Eb#    |Ab   Eb7|Ab
TIMES WERE WHE –   N.

          |Fm7             |C#               |Eb7            |Ab
TMES WERE  WHEN, TIMES WE-RE WHEN. TIMES THAT WON’T BE BACK A-GAIN,

          |Eb7    |Ab   Eb7|Ab    |
TIMES WERE WHE –   N.

Outro: [ |C#   Ab|Eb7    | ]: Repeat and Fade Out


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