[Intro - No drums - Just finger pick - 2 bars per chord] |Amaj7 |Dmaj7 |Amaj7 |Dmaj7 |
E -9----------12-9---9---------- B -9----10-10--------10-------------- G -9--11-------------11--------- D -X-----------------0------- A -0-------------------------- E ----------------------------
[Verse 1 - Finger pick] Amaj7 Dmaj7 C#m7 We've only just begun ......... to live, F#m7 Bm7 White lace and promi...ses, F#m7 Bm7 E7sus4 A kiss for luck and we're on our waaaay. (start to strum) E7 Amaj7 ( we only begun )
[Verse 2 - Drums in - Light snare sound based on downstroke on strings - not slap ] Amaj7 Dmaj7 C#m7 Before the rising sun ........we fly, F#m7 Bm7 So many roads to choose, F#m7 Bm7 E7sus4 We start off walking and learn to ruuuuun, E7 And yes, we've just begun. (full drums) uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uu (1 bar each) Amaj7 - Dmaj7 - Amaj7 - (Dmaj7 E)
[CHORUS: - Hold most of F# when moving to Bmaj7 - only lift up fingers that need to] F# Bmaj7 F# Bmaj7 Sharing horizons that are new to us, F# Bmaj7 F# Bmaj7 Watching the signs along the way. (slide up first finger of Bb chord to right location for Ebmaj7 - x65333) Bb Ebmaj7 Bb Ebmaj7 Talkin' it over, just the two of us, Bb Ebmaj7 E7sus4 Working together day to day........ E7 together..
[Verse 3 - Light drums again] Amaj7 Dmaj7 C#m7 And when the evening comes we smile, F#m7 Bm7 So much of life a...head. F#m7 Bm7 We'll find a place where there's room to grow, E7 And yes, we've just begun. (full drums) uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uu (1 bar each) Amaj7 - Dmaj7 - Amaj7 - (Dmaj7 E)
[CHORUS:] F# Bmaj7 F# Bmaj7 Sharing horizons that are new to us, F# Bmaj7 F# Bmaj7 Watching the signs along the way. Bb Ebmaj7 Bb Ebmaj7 Talkin' it over, just the two of us, Bb Ebmaj7 E7sus4 E7 Working together day to day...together..together
[Verse 4] Amaj7 Dmaj7 C#m7 And when the evening comes we smile, F#m7 Bm7 So much of life a...head. F#m7 Bm7 We'll find a place where there's room to grow, E7 And yes, we've just |Amaj7 |Dmaj7 |Amaj7 |Dmaj7 |C# . . . . begun.
[Verse 1 - Capo 2 original key - BPM 82] When I was [D] young I'd listen to the [F#m] radio Waiting [Bm] for my [Bm/A] favourite [Gmaj7] songs When they pl [Gmaj7] ayed I'd sing a [F#m7] long Em7 A/C# G9/B-x20005 It made me smile Those were such [D] happy times and not so [F#m] long ago How I wo [Bm] ndered [Bm/A] where they'd [Gmaj7] gone [C#m7] But they're [Bm] back again Just like a [Bm/A] long lost friend All the [Gmaj7] songs I [Em7] love so [A] well
[Chorus] [Asus4] Every [D] sha-la-la-la, Every [Bm] wo-o-wo-o still [D] shines [Bm] [Bm riff - Bsus2 to Bm Bsus2 - then x244x2 - mute B with fretting finger x x Bm Bsus2 - Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 B5] Every [D] shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're [Bm] startin' to sing so [Em7] fine [A] [G/A][A] When they [Bm] get to the part Where he's [A#aug-x1232x] breaking her heart It can [D] really make me [G#m7] cry Just like be [D] fore [G/A] It's yesterday once [Dmaj7] more [Dmaj7] Shu be doo [D] lang [G/A] lang [Dmaj7] Shu be doo [D] lang [G/A] lang
[Verse 2] Looking [D] back on how it was in [F#m] years gone by And the [Bm] good times [Bm/A] that I [Gmaj7] had Makes [Gmaj7] today seem rather [F#m7] sad So much has c [Em7] hanged [A/C#][G9/B] It was [D] songs of love that I would [F#m] sing to then And I'd [Bm] memo [Bm/A] rize each [Gmaj7] word [C#m7] Those old [Bm] melodies Still sound so [Bm/A] good to me As they [Gmaj7] melt the y [Em7] ears a [A] way.
[Chorus with variation] [Asus4] Every [D] sha-la-la-la, Every [Bm] wo-o-wo-o still [D] shines (All the oldies but the [Bm] goodies) Every [D] shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're s [Bm] tartin' to sing so [Em7] fine [A] [G/A][A] All my [Bm] best memories come back [A#aug] clearly to me Some can [D] even make me [G#m7] cry. Just like be [D] fore [G/A] It's yesterday once [Dmaj7] more
[Dmaj7] Shu be doo [D] lang [G/A] lang
[Asus4] Every [D] sha-la-la-la, Every [Bm] wo-o-wo-o still [D] shines [Bm] Every [D] shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're s [Bm] tartin' to sing so [Em7] fine [A] [Repeat Chorus Start to end - End on D]
