TIMES WERE WHEN: THE CATS (1968) (Grimshaw) 4/4 - 98
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Intro:
Fret: |9 9 |5 |2 1 2
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Verse 1:
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GRAND-DAD SITTING BY THE FIRE,
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REMI-NISCING OF THE TIMES WHEN HE WAS A BOY.
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IN THE GOOD OLD DA-YS HE KEEPS ON SAYIN’
/ (Break)
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‘BOUT EV’RY-THING I’VE HEA-RD BEFORE.
Chorus:
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TMES WERE WHEN, TIMES WE-RE WHEN. TIMES THAT WON’T BE BACK A-GAIN,
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TIMES WERE WHE – N.
Verse 2:
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TIMES WERE WHEN BOYS LOOKED LIKE BOY-S,
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AND MY DADDY SAID ACTING LIKE HU-MAN SHOULD.
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HE DOESN’T UNDER-STAND OUR GENE-RATION,
/ (Break)
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AND MAYBE HE CAN SEE- NO GOOD.
Chorus:
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TMES WERE WHEN, TIMES WE-RE WHEN. TIMES THAT WON’T BE BACK A-GAIN,
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TIMES WERE WHE – N.
Verse 3:
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BUT WHEN I GET TO HIS A-GE,
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I WILL TALK OF ALL THE GOOD TIMES I HAD TODAY.
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TIMES WERE WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG MAN,
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AND HE THOUGHT AND DID THE SAME THINGS I DO TODAY.
Chorus:
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TMES WERE WHEN, TIMES WE-RE WHEN. TIMES THAT WON’T BE BACK A-GAIN,
/ (Break)
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TIMES WERE WHE – N.
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TMES WERE WHEN, TIMES WE-RE WHEN. TIMES THAT WON’T BE BACK A-GAIN,
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TIMES WERE WHE – N.
Outro: [ |C# Ab|Eb7 | ]: Repeat and Fade Out
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