You And I When We Were Young Acoustic chords by Strawbs

Intro:
C Dm Em F C Dm Em F

Verse:
 C            Dm
I sometimes sit and think about
  Em       F
Our evenings in the firelight
    C Dm       Em   F
You and I, when we were young
C        Dm       Em
Laughing at the crazy-patterned shadows
     F       G   F G F
That were dancing on the wall

Chorus:
     Em  Dm      C   F
Without a care, with time to spend
    Em   Dm      C  F
Hardly speaking for hours on end
                 G  F  G
That was you and I, when we were young___

Instrumental:
C Dm Em F C Dm Em F

Verse:
C        Dm
Walking hand in hand
      Em      F
Beside the river at the weekends
    C Dm       Em   F
You and I, when we were young
C          Dm        Em
Children with their fishing nets were laughing
    F         G   F G  F
As they took their catches home

Chorus:
   Em   Dm    C   F
Caterpillars in paper bags
      Em Dm     C  F
Knees tied up with dirty rags
                 G  F  G
That was you and I, when we were young___

Instrumental:
Am Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 G E Am Am/G F  G E

Verse:
A          Bm
Brushing through the fallen leaves
 Dbm      D
Together in the autumn
    A Bm       Dbm  D
You and I, when we were young
A        Bm
Planning for the future
    Dbm       D       E  D E  D
Without knowing what it held for us at all

Chorus:
      Dbm  Bm   A    D
The road to nowhere never climbs
       Dbm  Bm    A   D
We changed direction a dozen times
                 E   Dm E
That was you and I, when we were young