Intro
Fbm/G B G F# B
F# G#m7 F#/A# (or notes F# G# E)
[Verse 1]
B D#m
As I recall it, the sun was high,
F#m7 B7 Fb
Yellow in the blue, blue sky.
Fbm B G#m7
You couldn't quite make out this boy,
G C#m7 F#7
He used life as a toy.
B D#m
In a Marie-Antoinette room
F#m7 B7 Fb
We were introduced soon,
Fbm B G#m7
I was me and you were you,
G C#m7 F#7
How do you do ?
[Verse 2]
B D#m
Raggedy and tousle-haired
F#m7 B7 Fb
He looked as though he never cared
Fbm B G#m7
To run a comb where a comb should run,
G C#m7 F#7
Freckles from the sun.
B D#m
Many good times we have had,
F#m7 B7 Fb
We been happy, we been sad,
Fbm B G#m7
But I think we both feel glad
G C#m7 F#7
That this life is so mad, mad, mad.
[Instrumental]
B D#m F#m7 B7 Fb
Fbm B G#m7
G F# G#m7 F#/A#
B D#m F#m7 Fb
Fbm B G#m7
G F# B
[Chorus]
B D#m
As I recall it, the sun was high,
F#m7 B7 Fb
If I remember it, so was I,
Fbm B G#m7
You couldn't quite make out this boy,
G C#m7 F#7
He used life as a toy.
B D#m
Many good times we have had,
F#m7 B7 Fb
We been happy, baby, we been sad,
Fbm B G#m7
But I think we both feel glad
G C#m7 F#7
That this life is so mad.
B D#m
As I recall it, the sun was high,
F#m7 B7 Fb
Yellow in the blue, blue sky,
Fbm B G#m7
You couldn't quite make out this boy,
G F# B
He used life as a toy.
[Drum Break]
G F# G F# G F#
B B/F# B
Yeah!