You And I When We Were Young Acoustic chords by Strawbs

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
C majorC DmDm E minorEm FF C majorC DmDm E minorEm FF

Verse:
 C majorC            DmDm
I sometimes sit and think about
  E minorEm       FF
Our evenings in the firelight
    C majorC DmDm       E minorEm   FF
You and I, when we were young
C majorC        DmDm       E minorEm
Laughing at the crazy-patterned shadows
     FF       G+G   FF G+G FF
That were dancing on the wall

Chorus:
     E minorEm  DmDm      C majorC   FF
Without a care, with time to spend
    E minorEm   DmDm      C majorC  FF
Hardly speaking for hours on end
                 G+G  FF  G+G
That was you and I, when we were young___

Instrumental:
C majorC DmDm E minorEm FF C majorC DmDm E minorEm FF

Verse:
C majorC        DmDm
Walking hand in hand
      E minorEm      FF
Beside the river at the weekends
    C majorC DmDm       E minorEm   FF
You and I, when we were young
C majorC          DmDm        E minorEm
Children with their fishing nets were laughing
    FF         G+G   FF G+G  FF
As they took their catches home

Chorus:
   E minorEm   DmDm    C majorC   FF
Caterpillars in paper bags
      E minorEm DmDm     C majorC  FF
Knees tied up with dirty rags
                 G+G  FF  G+G
That was you and I, when we were young___

Instrumental:
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7 Cmaj7Cmaj7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G E MajorE A minorAm Am/GAm/G FF  G+G E MajorE

Verse:
A augmentedA          B minorBm
Brushing through the fallen leaves
 DbmDbm      D MajorD
Together in the autumn
    A augmentedA B minorBm       DbmDbm  D MajorD
You and I, when we were young
A augmentedA        B minorBm
Planning for the future
    DbmDbm       D MajorD       E MajorE  D MajorD E MajorE  D MajorD
Without knowing what it held for us at all

Chorus:
      DbmDbm  B minorBm   A augmentedA    D MajorD
The road to nowhere never climbs
       DbmDbm  B minorBm    A augmentedA   D MajorD
We changed direction a dozen times
                 E MajorE   DmDm E MajorE
That was you and I, when we were young