These Were The Days

these were the days - will hoge - the wreckage ( capo 1st ) Intro : G C F C Verse : G C G C pre - Chorus : Em G cx3 Am D Chorus : G C F C G i remember before i was even born i want your love , your name on my tongue and i know now , that it was not just a dream cause it’s here now , and i still believe give me something i can hold on to don’t let it all just get away don’t’ want to look back on a photograph . . and say that these . . these were the days , these were the days and i want you in this front seat next to me your hair in pigtails , barefoot and skinned knees and i hold you as the rain starts to fall i follow the way home , switch down to the phone pre - Chorus Chorus break C hold G and everybody wants what they can’t get , i know C hold G even when it comes and feel like it’s moving just a bit too slow Am D and everybody can just sit back and watch it go away ( pause , vocals into Chorus ) don’t’ want to look back on a photograph . . Am D and say that these . . these these were the days , these were the days these were the days , these were the days these were the days