SHEET MUSIC ::: 
First two notes – playing Am chord 3rd string 2x, then 4th string
It seems the love I’ve known has always been the most destructive kind. I guess that’s why now I feel so old before my time
[Chorus] Yester- [Am] -day when I was [D] young the taste of life was [G] sweet as rain upon my [C] tongue I teased at life as [Am] if it were a foolish [B] game the [B7] way the evening [Em] breeze may tease a candle flame [Verse] The thousand dreams I [Am] had, the splendid things I [D] planned I always built [G] alas on weak and shifting [C] sand I lived by night and [Am] shunned the naked light of the [B] day and [B7] only now I [Em] see how the years ran away [Chorus] Yester- [Am] -day when I was [D] young so many drinking [G] songs were waiting to be [C] sung, so many wayward [Am] pleasures lay in store for [B] me and [B7] so much pain my [Em] dazzled eyes refused to see [Verse] I ran so fast that [Am] time and youth at last ran [D] out I never stopped to [G] think what life was all [C] about and every conver- [Am] -sation I can now [B] recall [B7] concerned itself with [Em] me and nothing else at all [Chorus] Yester- [Am] -day the moon was [D] blue and every crazy [G] day brought something new to [C] do I used my magic [Am] age as if it were a [B] wand and [B7] never saw the [Em] waste and emptiness beyond The game of love I [Am] played with arrogance and [D] pride and every flame I [G] lit too quickly quickly [C] died The friends I made all [Am] seemed somehow to drift [B] away and [B7] only I am [Em] left on stage to end the play There are so many [Am] songs in me that won't be [D] sung I feel the bitter [G] taste of tears upon my [C] tongue The time has come for [Am] me to pay for [B] yester- [B7] -day when I was [Em] young
