Those Were The Days (chromatic)

THOSE WERE THE DAYS
By Gene Ruskin
By: Mary Hopkins
Key: Am

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Once up-on a time there was a tav-ern 
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Where we used to raise a glass or two 
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Re-mem-ber how we laughed a-way the hours 
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And dreamed of all the 
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great things we would do 

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Those were the days, my friend 
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We thought they'd nev-er end 
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We'd sing and dance for-ev-er and a day 
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We'd live the life we choose 
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We'd fight and nev-er lose 
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For we were young and sure to have our way 
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la la la la la la 
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la la la la la la 
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those were the days
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oh yes, those were the days

Then the busy years went rushing by us 
We lost our starry notions on the way 
If by chance I'd see you in the tavern 
We'd smile at one another and we'd say 

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Just tonight I stood before the tavern 
Nothing seemed the way it used to be 
In the glass I saw a strange reflection 
Was that lonely woman really me