Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
Bb majorBb FF
Verse 1:
Bb majorBb
Well, we took a train to kensington
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And listened to the children run
FF
Just beyond the garden gate
FF
Where peter and wendy played
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There was a sign that said we weren't allowed
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To duck inside and join the crowd
FF
Without a son or daughter's hand
FF
To lead us into neverland
Chorus:
DmDm FF
And it hurt so bad
Bb majorBb
But it's so good to be young
DmDm FF
And I don't want to go back
Bb majorBb
I just want to go on and on and on
Bb majorBb FF
Day by day, day by day
Verse 2:
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Oh, and everybody's so surprised
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When right before your very eyes
FF
Your baby's in the second grade
FF
You blink and it's her wedding day
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Well we just can't get used to being here
Bb majorBb
Where the ticking clock is loud and clear
FF
Children of eternity
FF
On the run from entropy
Chorus:
DmDm FF
And it hurt so bad
Bb majorBb
But it's so good to be young
DmDm FF
And I don't want to go back
Bb majorBb
I just want to go on and on and on
FF Bb majorBb
So don't lose heart
FF Bb majorBb
Though your body's wasting away
FF
Your soul is not
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It's being remade
C majorC Bb majorBb FF
Day by day by day, day by day, day by day
Verse 3:
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Well, you have never met a single soul
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Who didn't feel the curse's toll
FF
Who didn't wish that death would die
FF
Well maybe that's the reason why
Chorus:
DmDm FF
I can hurt so bad
Bb majorBb
But it's so good to be young
DmDm FF
And I don't want to go back
Bb majorBb Bb majorBb
I just want to go on and on and on, on and on and on
FF Bb majorBb
So don't lose heart
FF Bb majorBb
Though your body's wasting away
FF
Your soul is not
Bb majorBb
It's being remade
C majorC Bb majorBb
Don't lose heart
C majorC Bb majorBb
No don't lose heart
FF Bb majorBb
Your body will rise and never decay
C majorC Bb majorBb FF
Day by day by day. day by day, day by day
Bb majorBb
Day by day