Song: Back When We Were Young
Artist: Tom T. Hall
Album: For The People In The Last Hard Town
Year: 1973
[Intro]
C G
[Chorus]
G C G
Back when we were young everybody came to see us
D G
Everybody wanted to be us back when we were young
C G
We loved each other so all our friends told one another
D G
And we even told each other back when we were young
[Verse]
G
It was laughin' it was dancin'
C G
It was cigarettes and bourbon flavored kisses
D
It was alligator shoes and new blue suits
G
And anything that money wishes
It was sittin' up all night and waitin'
C G
For the dawn to bring another wondrous day
D
It was holding hands and thinking
G
That tomorrow is a million years away
[Chorus]
G C G
Back when we were young everybody came to see us
D G
Everybody wanted to be us back when we were young
C G
We loved each other so all our friends told one another
D G
And we even told each other back when we were young
[Verse]
G
It was rolling sevens every time
C G
And thinking it was never ever gonna end
D
Back then we even thought of time itself
G
As being something of a passing friend
C
It was buyin' one another things we didn't need
G
And birthdays were so corny
D
Back then we even had some friends
G
Live as far away as California
C
Back when we were young