My Good Old Days (Acordes)

 [Intro]
D7    G     Am

[Verse]
                 D             G
Wagon wheels and Tonka trucks
              Em       Am
Ice cream soda, 7 Up

Preston lost the FA Cup
    D                 D7     Am
The goals were on the news

[Verse]
                    D              G
Cheesecloth shirts, jangly things
                Em             Am
Eurovision Song Contest wins

All kinds of everything
    D            D7    Am
And lonely Major Tom

[Verse]
           D              G
Dr Who met Desperate Dan
      Em        Am
400cc red Dyan
                                  D
What on earth's a non-stick pan?
                   D7    Am
Easter weekend caravan

[Verse]
                   D            G
Our only phone was in the hall
                Em                Am
Our supermarket still was small
                           D
Rope sandals and Patchouli
                             D7     Am
Trying to kiss a girl called Julie

[Verse]
                D            G
Dave, Dee, Dozy, peek-a-boo
                Em              Am
Baggy trousers, platform shoes
                                 D
A drink of water still was free
                       D7   Am
Three kids, one small TV

[Verse]
             D                  G
Levi jacket, Wrangler jeans and
             Em              Am
Procol Harum at King Cream
                           D
Navy skirt below her knee
                     D7   C
My Progressive Rock LP's

[Chorus]
              D
Were those my good old days?
     G                        Em
Am I getting to a point in my life
                  Am
When I can safely say?
           D                       C      G
They don't write them like that anymore

[Instrumental]
Am   D7  G     Em   Am   D7   C    G       Am

[Verse]
                   D                    G
Dusty Springfield, Green Shield stamps
                     Em            Am
The kitchen wall was always damp
                                      D
Desk's with inkwells, writer's cramp
                        D7    Am
Drinking beer at summer camp

[Verse]
            D               G
'Bonanza', 'Ask The Family'
                      Em               Am
The 'Victor', 'Beano' and the 'Dandy'
                              D
Hornby trains and action men
                        D7    Am
The Beatles number one again

[Verse]
                D
Benny Hill, the football fixtures
G                  Em                     Am
Bangles, Spangles, black sports mixtures
                                 D
Muddy pictures, clumsy tackling
               D7    C
Ilija, Juri, Atkin

[Verse]
               D
Wilson losing, Nixon lying
G                 Em            Am
Thatcher winning, Lennon dying
                                   D
Neil Armstrong, James Bond movies
                              D7       Am
Hearing words like 'fab' and 'groovy'

[Verse]
                    D
The three day week, Teddy's Tories
G                Em             Am
Stars on Sunday, Jack De Nouri
                              D
Reading my first Orwell story
               D7             Am
Bobby Moore in all his glory

[Verse]
                D
Hippy chicks in granddad vests
    G                Em           Am
And Sunday's still a day of rest
                                          D
How we loved 'The Old Grey Whistle Test'
               D7             C
Supertramp and all the rest

[Chorus]
              D
Were those my good old days?
     G                        Em
Am I getting to a point in my life
                  Am
When I can safely say?
           D                       C      G     C
They don't write them like that anymore

[Chorus]
              D
Were those my good old days?
     G                        Em
Am I getting to a point in my life
                  Am
When I can safely say?
           D                       C       G
They don't write them like that anymore

[Verse]
           D
Nowadays I can't leave home
        G               Em            Am
Without I'm in reach on mobile phone
                             D
Medication, reading glasses
                     D7               C
I'm the oldest at my evening classes

[Verse]
             D
City centre, late night screeching
G               Em                 C
Hair extension, eyebrow bleaching
                                        D
Empty pews stopped preachers preaching
                           D7          C
Paperwork stopped teachers teaching

[Chorus]
              D
Were those my good old days?
     G                        Em
Am I getting to a point in my life
                  Am
When I can safely say?
           D                       C      G    C
They don't write them like that anymore

[Chorus]
              D
Were those my good old days?
     G                        Em
Am I getting to a point in my life
                  Am
When I can safely say?
           D                       C      G
They don't write them like that anymore