Misc Musicals – Rats - When I Was Young (Guitar)

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[Intro] E5 [Chorus]
        A    B            E E/D# C#m
I had a game   when I was young

           F#m7 B            E     E7
A dreaming game   when I was young

          A    D#7          G#m7     C#7
I dreamt about    a country far away

           F#m7  B7            E
When I was young    when I was young
[Interlude] A/E G#m7 A B7 [Verse 1]
   E                        G#m
My dream would start with a doorway

    A               E
And then I would go through

   A                   E      E/C#
To find this brighter, better land

       F#                B
With a million things to do

    E               G#m
I'd never travelled to the sun

      A                 E
But I knew it was firey-red

        A                 E          E/C#
And the sky was a line of thick blue paint

F#           B        E
Hanging just above my head
[Chorus]
        A    B            E E/D# C#m
I had a game   when I was young

           F#m7 B            E     E7
A dreaming game   when I was young

          A    D#7          G#m7     C#7
I dreamt about    a country far away

           F#m7  B7            E
When I was young    when I was young
[Interlude] A/E G#m7 A B7 [Verse 2]
    E           G#m
I'd never run a hundred miles

      A                   E
But I felt the wind in my hair

  A              E          E/C#
I hadn't built a house in a tree

       F#            B
Just a castle in the air

    E                 G#m
I'd never been to the seaside

      A               E
But I put my ear to a shell

  A               E        E/C#
I hadn't done all sorts of things

       F#          B      E
But my dreams did just as well
[Chorus]
 (F#5) (G#5) A    B            E E/D# C#m
I had    a   game   when I was young

           F#m7 B            E     E7
A dreaming game   when I was young

          A    D#7          G#m7     C#7
I dreamt about    a country far away

           F#m7  B7            E    C
When I was young    when I was young
[Instrumental] F Am Bb F Bb F F/D G7 C [Verse 3]
   F                   Am
My dream starts with a doorway

      Bb                F
And a million things to see

  Bb                  F      F/D
I knew they were only make-belief

              G7    C         F
But they were real enough for me
[Chorus]
(F5) (G5) (A5) Bb   C            F F/E Dm
That  was  my  game   when I was young

            Gm7  C            F    F7
My dreaming game   when I was young

         Bb   E7               Am7   D
Today at last    my dream came to an end
[Bridge]
          Gm              Eb/G
Because today somehow the dream was real

      Gm                     Eb/G
And I just got as far as the door

        Gm                Eb/G
Now I'm much too old for a game so young

     C5                         Bb  C    F
So I don't suppose I'll play it a - ny - more
[Break] (Indistinct choir voices)
   Bb   C/Bb           Am7 Dm7
Be-hold where his --

  Bb   C/Bb    F  F7
Behold we have spoken,

    Bb   Bb/A    Am7/C  F      Dm    Dsus4 Gsus4 F7
And just let him run    let us leave for   today

   Bb  C/Bb      Am7 Dm7
Behold when he's dead

         Bb    C/Bb    F F7
You will dance in your head

      Bb   Bb/A     Am7 Am7/C Dm  Gm Csus4 C F
And a new  day   is com-ing   to  -- you   a-way
[Verse 4]
     Bb           Bb/A          Gm            F7
Just leap without looking, just leave without gawking

        Bb          F      F/E     Dm          C
There's no train to catch, I won't leave you behind

      Bb           Am             Gm          F7
Let's sing without talking, let's run without walking

    Bb  Bb/A   Gm       C            F
For you can go anywhere just in your mind
[Verse 5]
    Bb    Bb/A  Gm             F7
Who cares ---   brings smiling faces

        Bb         F     F/E          Dm       C
There's nothing to lose, there are no debts to pay

   Bb              Am         Gm       F7
So why are you are saying the Piper is playing,

    Bb       Bb/A     Gm   C   F
The Piper is ready to lead us away?
[Interlude] Db Bbm7 Bb C Bb C7 [Verse 5]
     Bb           Bb/A          Gm            F7
Just leap without looking, just leave without gawking

        Bb          F      F/E     Dm          C
There's no train to catch, I won't leave you behind
[Instrumental] Db Db Db Db5 Db5 Db5 Db5 [Outro]
     Bb   C/Bb  Am7   Dm7       Bb C/Bb    F        F7
They just disappeared,    right un-der the mountain

     Bb   Bb/A  Am7  Dm7       Gm Csus4 C F
They left me  behind them, and I  was   a-lone.

        Bb
Now I'm much too old for a game so young

     C/Bb
So I dont't suppose I'll play it anymore