Tonart: Gb major•
Intro 1
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G#m
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C#sus4
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G#m
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C#sus4
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G#m
Bsus2
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G#m
I was born on the north side of a
Verse 1
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mid- western town
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G#m
B
There was nine of us living in a
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B
three- bedroom house, yeah
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G#m
B
Didn't have much money but
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we made do
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G#m
'Cause mama worked all day long
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B
and daddy did too
Verse 2
D#m
Did all they could,
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A#m
made sure we had clothes and food
G#m
B
Went to public schools and we
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followed public rules
D#m
F#
A#m
We used second hand books, but oh,
I didn't mind the books
G#m
Mama taught us early in life
D#m
C#sus4
Everybody's gotta struggle sometime
Verse 3
F#
G#m
Bring back those simple times
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C#sus4
of yesterday
F#
G#m
When a man was a man
B
C#sus4
And a friend was a friend
Verse 4
F#
G#m
B
Bring back those simple times of
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yesterday (yesterday)
F#
G#m
When you said what you meant
B
C#sus4
F#
And you meant what you said
G#m
Had a friend named Bobby,
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Bsus2
who always kept his word
F#
G#m
We went through schoolyard fights,
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Bsus2
had a thing for pretty girls, yeah
F#
G#m
Didn't cost much money to
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see the picture show
F#
G#m
So we hopped the bus
into town
B
That's where all the girlies
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B
used to go sit
Verse 6
D#m
F#
A#m
Fifty cents would buy us yeah,
popcorn for two
G#m
'Cause Bobby's girl, she worked there
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And sometimes she'd
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D#m
And picnics in the summer
A#m
wouldn't wake up 'til noon
G#m
And even though Bobby's gone now
D#m
I can still hear him laugh
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C#sus4
F#
in the middle of June
G#m
Bring back those simple times of
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B
yesterday
C#sus4
F#
G#m
When a man was a man (hey)
B
C#sus4
And a friend was a friend
F#
(was a friend, yeah)
G#m
Bring back those simple times of
Verse 8
B
C#sus4
yesterday (yesterday)
F#
G#m
When you said what you meant
Bsus2
B
And you meant what you
C#sus4
said
Verse 9
A#m
Sometimes I sit, I wonder
I reminisce,
G#m
I think of all the good times
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C#
That we had in our lives
Verse 10
Sometimes I can't get over, oh
How wonderful those days
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were back in our lives
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C#
C#sus4
Simple days for simple
times
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G#m
B
C#sus4
Verse 11
F#
simple times of yesterday
B
When a man was a man (oh)
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F#
And a friend (woo) was a friend (was a friend,
yeah)
G#m
Bring back those simple times of
Verse 12
B
C#sus4
yesterday (yesterday)
F#
G#m
When you said what you meant (when you
say what mean)
C#sus4
said (hey)
Verse 13
G#m
B
Bring back those simple times of (simple times
C#sus4
of) yesterday (yesterday)
F#
G#m
When a man was
a man (man was a man)
B
C#sus4
And a friend was a friend (a friend was a friend,
G#m
Bring back those simple times of
Verse 14
B
C#sus4
yesterday (yesterday)
B
C#sus4
And you meant what you said
Verse 15
F#
G#m
Oh yeah, bring back those simple times
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of yesterday (yeah, yeah)
F#
G#m
When a man was a man
(a man was a man)
B
C#sus4
And a friend was a friend
G#m
Bring back those simple times of
Verse 16
B
C#sus4
yesterday (yeah, yeah)
F#
G#m
When you said what you meant
(what you mean)
B
C#sus4
And you meant what you said
(mean what you say)
Verse 17
Bring back those simple times of
yesterday
When a man was a man
And a friend was a friend
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