From: "KKKKlaus"  

These are the good old days     (Albert Hammond - 1975)

Intro: A, Dbm, D, E

A
And all these sad yound men
 Dbm
paraiding through their lives
D
the girls that they have loved have now
 A               E
become expensive wifes

A
They think they know it all
 Dbm
and in some ways they do
D
they're reaching out for better times
E7
if they only knew


       A
Refr.: These are the good old days
                   D               Bm
       this is the best time of my life
       E                  F#m
       the best I've ever known
              Bm             G        E
       and it won't ever be the same again
        A
       These are the good old days
                      D                Bm
       and when my clothes are out of style
        E                   F#m
       and life is slowing down
           G                 E
       I'll know what I have done


A
While all this sad young men
  Dbm
go marchin' up to walk
D
the old men shake their heads and say
A                  E
we've seen it all before

A
But how are they to know
 Dbm
lessons take so long
 D
and by the time they found the answer
 E7
life is almost gone       (repeat refrain)


The text is taken from CD by ear "Albert Hammond, The very best of Albert Hammond"