Chords with lyrics
James Otto
Verse:
D MajorD
Seventeen and innocent
G+G
I wonder where all the years went
A augmentedA
Lookin back on a youth misspent
D MajorD
God I miss those days
D MajorD
All the chances that we took
G+G
Always leaped and never looked
A augmentedA
Tell ya I could write a book
D MajorD
On all the hell we raised
Chorus:
B minorBm A augmentedA
Thought I was cool with my lucky strikes
G+G D/F#D/F#
I didn't start too many fights
E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD
Oh but in those days I finished quite a few
B minorBm A augmentedA
Beat up cars and the cheapest wine
G+G D/F#D/F#
And any trouble we could find
E minorEm D/F#D/F#
The worst of days were the best of times
G+G A augmentedA
Lookin back through life's rearview
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
And lookin back I miss my misspent youth
Verse:
D MajorD
No worse now for the wear
G+G
Got married and cut my hair
A augmentedA
Me and her we're quite a pair
D MajorD
All my friends say
D MajorD
And speaking of old friends
G+G
We still talk now and then
A augmentedA
'cept now there's a few of them
D MajorD
You can only reach by prayer
Chorus:
B minorBm A augmentedA
Thought I was cool with my lucky strikes
G+G D/F#D/F#
I didn't start too many fights
E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD
Oh but in those days I finished quite a few
B minorBm A augmentedA
Beat up cars and the cheapest wine
G+G D/F#D/F#
And any trouble we could find
E minorEm D/F#D/F#
The worst of days were the best of times
G+G A augmentedA
Lookin back through life's rearview
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
And lookin back I miss my misspent youth
Chorus:
B minorBm A augmentedA
Beat up cars and the cheapest wine
G+G D/F#D/F#
And any trouble we could find
E minorEm D/F#D/F#
The worst of days were the best of times
G+G A augmentedA
Lookin back through life's rearview
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
And lookin back I miss my misspent youth