You And I When We Were Young chords

You And I When We Were Young

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Strawbs - You and I (When We Were Young)
 
 
INTRO: C Dm Em F   (2x)
 
  C                       Dm
I sometimes sit and think about
    Em              F
Our evenings in the firelight
        C Dm             Em     F
You and I,  when we were young
C               Dm              Em
Laughing at the crazy-patterned shadows
          F              G     F   G
That were dancing on the wall
 
 
CHORUS:
F         Em    Dm           C
Without a care, with time to spend
F      Em           Dm       C    F
Hardly speaking for hours on end
                                 G F G 
That was you and I, when we were young
 
 
INTERLUDE: C Dm Em F   C Dm Em F
 
 
C               Dm              
Walking hand in hand
           Em           F
Beside the river at the weekends
        C Dm             Em     F
You and I,  when we were young
C                   Dm                Em
Children with their fishing nets were laughing
        F                  G     F   G   F
As they took their catches home
 
 
CHORUS:
     Em         Dm    C     F
Caterpillars in paper bags
           Em Dm          C    F
Knees tied up  with dirty rags
                                 G F G 
That was you and I, when we were young
 
 
INSTRUMENTAL: Am  Fmaj7  Cmaj7  Fmaj7  G  E  Am  Am/G  Fmaj7  G  E 
 
 
        (## NOTE: Key Change ##)
 
A                    Bm         
Brushing through the fallen leaves 
  Dbm           D
Together in the autumn
        A Bm             Dbm    D
You and I,  when we were young
A                Bm
Planning for the future
        Dbm             D              E   D  E   D
Without knowing what it held for us at all
 
 
CHORUS:
              Dbm  Bm      A       D
The road to nowhere  never climbs
             Dbm    Bm        A     D
We changed direction  a dozen times
                                 E      Dm  E
That was you and I, when we were young

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      (For the picking pattern,                                    )
      (see this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOUVr062Zew )

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