I Saw My Youth Today chords by Richard Shindell

Chords with lyrics

Richard Shindell - I Saw My Youth Today


CAPO: 2nd Fret


INTRO: E minorEm  C majorC  G+G  D MajorD (2x) E minorEm

         C majorC  G+G
I saw my youth today
          D MajorD    E minorEm
He passed me on the street
         C majorC
As he walked by I stood frozen
G+G       D MajorD   E minorEm
On my dreaming feet

        C majorC  G+G
He had a kinder face
             D MajorD   E minorEm
The kind I've learned to hide
          C majorC        G+G
Behind these cold unyielding stones
          D MajorD    G+G
That used to be my eyes


     D MajorD     C majorC
A augmentedA moment please, my boy
G+G     D MajorD    C majorC
Don't you know my name?
  G+G      D MajorD
Do you remember when
      E minorEm   G+G    C majorC
We used to play a hundred games?


G+G    D MajorD   C majorC
Is your mother well?
G+G    D MajorD    C majorC
Kiss her once for me
    G+G         D MajorD
And if she should ask you why
     E minorEm     D MajorD   C majorC
You could say, "Just for no reason"


INSTRUMENTAL: E minorEm  C majorC  G+G  D MajorD (4x) E minorEm

         C majorC    G+G
Remember that old troll
           D MajorD    E minorEm
That lived inside the tree?
       C majorC
He was never dangerous
G+G           D MajorD    E minorEm
That's just the way it seemed


            C majorC    G+G
The day you climbed the tree
          D MajorD   E minorEm
And ran to show me how
          C majorC     G+G
The troll was never seen again
           D MajorD   G+G
So where could he be now?


     D MajorD     C majorC
A augmentedA moment please my boy
G+G     D MajorD     C majorC
Don't you know this face?
  G+G      D MajorD
Do you remember when
     E minorEm   D MajorD    C majorC
I used to let you win the races?


G+G      D MajorD  C majorC
Please don't run away
 G+G    D MajorD    C majorC
I did not mean to scare you
    G+G    D MajorD
I'm the one who told you
        E minorEm  D MajorD    C majorC
That you should never talk to strangers


G+G    D MajorD   C majorC
Is your mother well?
G+G    D MajorD    C majorC
Kiss her once for me
    G+G         D MajorD
And if she should ask you why
     E minorEm     C majorC   D MajorD     E minorEm
You could say, "Just for no reason"


         C majorC  G+G
I saw my youth today
          D MajorD    E minorEm
He passed me on the street
         C majorC
As he walked by I stood frozen
G+G       D MajorD
On my dreaming feet