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capo 2 — sounds 2 semitones higherSong
Those Were The Days chords
Mary Hopkin 1968 (Gene Raskin "Dorogoi dlinnoyu" by Boris Fomin)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Those_Were_the_Days_(song)
Capo II *
Once upon a time, there was a tavern
Where we used to raise a glass or two
Remember how we laughed away the hours,
F#* B7
Think of all the great things we would do
Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we'd choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way
La La La La La La La La
La La La La La La
La La La La La La La La La La
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
Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we'd choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way
La La La La La La La La
La La La La La La
La La La La La La La La La La
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?
Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we'd choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way
La La La La La La La La
La La La La La La
B7 Em **
La La La La La La La La La La
Through the door, there came familiar laughter
I saw your face and heard you call my name
Oh, my friend, we're older but no wiser
For in our hearts, the dreams are still the same
Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we'd choose
We'd fight and never lose
Those were the days or yes those were the days
La La La La La La
La La La La La La
La La La La La La La La La La
La La La La La La La La La
La La La La La La La La La
* You can also try subsituting F#7 or F for F#
** Some recorded versions have a key change here, to Fm (from capo) or move Capo to III
* Alternates:
Open
Em = F#m
E = F#
E7 = F#7
Am = Bm
F# = Ab
F#7 = Ab7
B7 = C#7
D = E
D7 = E7
G = A
Capo IV
Em = Dm
E = D
E7 = D7
Am = Gm
F# = E
F#7 = E7
B7 = A7
D = C
D7 = C7
G = F
Open (These chords are not in the original key)
Em = Am
E = A
E7 = A7
Am = Dm
F# = B
F#7 = B7
B7 = E7
D = G
D7 = G7
G = C
Set8
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