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| Intro: | (crashing) |
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| Well, | in my life I | never stopped to | worry 'bout a | thing |
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| Open up and | shout it out and | never try to | sing |
| C | A | G | |
| Wondering if I done | wrong |
| F | D | |
| Will | this impression last too | long? But... |
| Chorus: |
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| Won't you | tell me |
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| Where have all the | good times | gone? |
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| Where have all the | good times | gone? |
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| Well, | once we had an | easy ride and | always felt the | same |
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| Time was on my | side and I had | everything to | gain |
| C | A | G | |
| Let it be like | yesterday |
| F | D | |
| Please let me have happy | days And... |
| Chorus |
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| Ma & Pa look | back at all the | things they used to | do |
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| Didn't have no | money and they | always told the | truth |
| C | A | G | |
| Daddy didn't have no | toys |
| F | D | |
| And Mommy didn't need no | boys. |
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| Chorus ending in | / / / / / (crashing) |
| G | F | G | F | |
| Yesterday was | such an easy | game for you to | play |
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| But lets face it - | things are so much | easier | today |
| C | A | G | |
| Guess you need some bringin' | down |
| F | D | |
| And get your feet back on the | ground |
| G | F | D | G | F | D | G | |
| Chorus ending in | / / / / / | (crashing) |