Chords with lyrics
Intro
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
Verse 1
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
I remember when you were only seventeen
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
You were the finest girl that my eyes had ever seen
E minorEm C majorC
I guess you found it hard to simply just ignore
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
This scruffy beat up working class teenage troubadour
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
So we fell in love and I toured your heart with my out of tune guitar
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
You were wonderful you were mystical and the envy of all of my friends
G+G D MajorD C majorC G+G
Seems like only yesterday under the stars on Brighton Beach
Verse 2
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
Oh what a time it was what a time to be alive
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
Remember Janice and Jimmy Kennedy and King how they cried
E minorEm C majorC
I sang to you the songs of Ramblin' Jack
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
You were Greta Garbo and I was Karolac
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
And we played so hard and we loved so hard seemed we never ever slept
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
They were crazy days they were wonderful days and I loved you with all of my
C majorC
heart
G+G D MajorD C majorC G+G
Seems like only yesterday under the stars on Brighton Beach
Bridge
E minorEm C majorC
Your daddy had plans that did not include me
E minorEm C majorC
And he won't stay away from your door
E minorEm C majorC
And I dreamed how I dreamed I could steal you away
A minorAm D MajorD
To some far off distant shore
Verse 3
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
Then early one morning I awoke to find you gone
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
You wrote 'I love you baby but it's time for me to move on'
E minorEm C majorC
And so my teenage heart laid scattered on the floor
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
I swear to God I could not have loved you anymore
G+G D MajorD
And as I sit here tonight playing with my kids wondering
E minorEm C majorC
Where you are in this world
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
Did you find your man are you happy now do you ever stop and think about me
G+G D MajorD C majorC G+G
How I long for yesterday under the stars on Brighton Beach
Tabbed by Tony Coxill.
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