Intro
Abm/B D# B A# D#
A# Cm7 A#/D (or notes A# C E)
[Verse 1]
D# Gm
As I recall it, the sun was high,
A#m7 D#7 Ab
Yellow in the blue, blue sky.
Abm D# Cm7
You couldn't quite make out this boy,
B Fm7 A#7
He used life as a toy.
D# Gm
In a Marie-Antoinette room
A#m7 D#7 Ab
We were introduced soon,
Abm D# Cm7
I was me and you were you,
B Fm7 A#7
How do you do ?
[Verse 2]
D# Gm
Raggedy and tousle-haired
A#m7 D#7 Ab
He looked as though he never cared
Abm D# Cm7
To run a comb where a comb should run,
B Fm7 A#7
Freckles from the sun.
D# Gm
Many good times we have had,
A#m7 D#7 Ab
We been happy, we been sad,
Abm D# Cm7
But I think we both feel glad
B Fm7 A#7
That this life is so mad, mad, mad.
[Instrumental]
D# Gm A#m7 D#7 Ab
Abm D# Cm7
B A# Cm7 A#/D
D# Gm A#m7 Ab
Abm D# Cm7
B A# D#
[Chorus]
D# Gm
As I recall it, the sun was high,
A#m7 D#7 Ab
If I remember it, so was I,
Abm D# Cm7
You couldn't quite make out this boy,
B Fm7 A#7
He used life as a toy.
D# Gm
Many good times we have had,
A#m7 D#7 Ab
We been happy, baby, we been sad,
Abm D# Cm7
But I think we both feel glad
B Fm7 A#7
That this life is so mad.
D# Gm
As I recall it, the sun was high,
A#m7 D#7 Ab
Yellow in the blue, blue sky,
Abm D# Cm7
You couldn't quite make out this boy,
B A# D#
He used life as a toy.
[Drum Break]
B A# B A# B A#
D# D#/A# D#
Yeah!