Those Were The Days Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][Am][B]
[Em]

[Verse 1]
[Em]Once upon
a time there was a tavern
[E]Where we used [Em]to raise a
[E]glass or [Am]two
Remember how we laughed
away the [Em]hours
[F#]Think of all the great things
we would [B]do?

[Verse 2]
Those were the [Em]days, my friend
We thought they'd [Am]never end
We'd sing [D]and dance
forever and a [G]day
We'd live [Am]the life we choose
We'd fight and [Em]never lose
For we were [B]young and
sure to have our [Em]way
La- la- la- da- da- da
La- la- la- [Am]da- da- da
Da- da- da- [B]da, la- da- da- da- da
[Em]

[Verse 3]
[Em]Then the busy years went rushing by us
We [E]lost our starry [F#dim]notion s [E]on the way[Am]
If by chance I'd see you
[Em]in the tavern
[F#]We'd smile at one another
and we'd [B]say

[Verse 4]
Those were the [Em]days, my friend
We thought they'd [Am]never end
We'd sing [D]and dance
forever and a [G]day
We'd live [Am]the life we choose
We'd fight and [Em]never lose
Those were [B]the days, oh yes,
those [Em]were the days
La- la- la- da- da- da
La- la- la- [Am]da- da- da
Da- da- da- [B]da, da- da- da- da- [Em]da

[Verse 5]
[Em]Just tonight I stood before the tavern
[E]Nothing seemed the way it used to [Am]be
In the glass I saw a strange re[Em]flection
[F#]Was that lonely woman really m[B]e?

[Verse 6]
Those were the [Em]days, my friend
We thought they'd [Am]never end
We'd sing [D]and dance
forever and a [G]day
We'd live [Am]the life we choose
We'd fight and [Em]never lose
Those were [B]the days, oh yes,
those were [Em]the days
La- la- la- da- da- da
La- la- [Am]la- da- da- da
Da- da- da- [D]da, da- da- da- da- da
[G]La- la- [Am]la- da- da- da
La- la- la- [Em]da- da- da
Da- [C]da- [B]da- da, da- da- da- da- [Em]da[C]
[Em][C][Em][C][Em][C][Fm]

[Verse 7]
[Fm]
Through the door,
there came familiar laughter
I saw your [F]face and heard
[Cdim]you call my [Bbm]name
Oh, my friend, we're older but no [Fm]wiser
For [G]in our hearts,
the dreams are still [C]the same

[Verse 8]
Those were the [Fm]days, my friend
We [F]thought they'd [Bbm]never end
We'd sing [Eb]and dance
[Bbm]forever [Eb]and a [Ab]day
We'd live [Bbm]the life we choose
We'd fight and [Fm]never lose
Those were the [C]days, oh yes,
those were [Fm]the days
[C]La- la- la- [Fm]da- da- da
La- la- [Bbm]la- da- da- da
[Eb]Da- da- da- da, da- da- [Ab]da- da- da
La- [Bbm]la- la- da- da- da
La- la- [Fm]la- da- da- da
Da- da- da- da, da- da- da- [C]da- da

[Verse 9]
La- la- la- la- la- la- [Fm]la
La- la- [Ab]la- la- la- la- la
La- la- la- [Bb]la- [Bbm]la- la[F]- la