{title: Those were the days}
{artist: Mary Hopkin}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 83}
{key: F#m}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{comment: 4/4, 4 = 83}
[F#m]
{start_of_abc}
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zaag | "F#m"g2ff2f"F#7"fe | "Bm"e2dd2Bcd | "C#7"c3=fag^f=f | "F#m"f4 z4 |
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{start_of_part: Intro}
[F#m] [F#7] [Bm]
[C#7] [F#m]
[F#m]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_abc}
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"F#m"FF2G/2A/2 BAGF | A(F F2) z4 |
{end_of_abc}
{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
[F#m]Once upon a time there was a tavern
[F#7]Where we used to raise a glass or [Bm]two
Re[Bm]member how we laughed away the [F#m]hours
[G#7]Think of all the great things we would [C#7]do?
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
Those were the [F#m]days, my friend
We thought they'd [Bm]never end
We'd sing and [E]dance forever and a [A]day
We'd live the [Bm]life we choose
We'd fight and [F#m]never lose
For we were [C#7]young and sure to have our [F#m]way
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Link}
La la la [F#m]la... [Bm] [C#7] [F#m]
[F#m]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
[F#m]Then the busy years went rushing by us
We [F#7]lost our starry notions on the [Bm7]way
[Bm]If by chance I'd see you in the [F#m]tavern
We'd [G#7]smile at one another and we'd [C#7]say
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 2}
Those were the [F#m]days, my friend
We thought they'd [Bm]never end
We'd sing and [E7]dance forever and a [A]day
We'd live the [Bm]life we choose
We'd fight and [F#m]never lose
Those were the [C#7]days, oh yes, those were the [F#m]days
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Link}
La [C#7]la la [F#m]la... [Bm] [C#7] [F#m]
[F#m]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
[F#m]Just tonight I stood before the tavern
[F#7]Nothing seemed the way it used to [Bm7]be
[Bm]In the glass, I saw a strange re[F#m]flection
[G#7]Was that lonely woman really [C#7]me?
{end_of_verse}
{chorus: Chorus 3}
{start_of_part: Link}
La la la [F#m]la... [Bm] [E7] [A]
[Bm] [F#m]
[C#7]
[F#m] [D7]
[F#m] [D7] [-] [Gm]
[Gm]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 4}
[Gm7]Through the door there [Gm6]came familiar [Gm]laughter
I [G7]saw your face and heard you call my [Cm]name
[Cm7]Oh, my friend, we're [Cm6]older but no [Gm]wiser
For [A7]in our hearts, the dreams are still the [D7]same
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 4}
Those were the [Gm]days, my friend
We thought they'd [Cm]never end
We'd sing and [F7]dance forever and a [Bb]day
We'd live the [Cm]life we choose
We'd fight and [Gm]never lose
Those were the [D7]days, oh yes, those were the [Gm]days
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Outtro}
[D7#5]La la la [Gm]la... [Cm] [F7] [Bb]
[Cm] [Gm] [D7]
[Gm] [Bb] [C] [Eb] [G]
{end_of_part}