Remember When

By Alan Jackson – LISTEN

A Journey of Many Years
PLAY SLOWLY
Play through 2x [ C Am F G ]   [ C Am F G ]
[G] PAUSE
Remember [C] when,   [Am] I was [F] young, and so were [G] you.  Time stood [C] still,   [Am] and [F] love was all we [G] knew.  - - - You were the [C] first, so was [Am] I,    We made [F] love and then you [G] cried,    
Remember [C] when? [Am]  [F]  [G] 

Remember [C] when,  [Am] We took vows [F] and took the [G] walk.  Gave our [C] hearts,  [Am] made the [F] start and it was [G] hard. - - - We lived and [C] learned, life threw [Am] curves,   There was [F] joy and there was [G] hurt,    Remember [C] when [Am] [F]  [G] 
[G] PAUSE
Remember [C] when,   [Am] old ones [F] die and new were [G] born.  Life was [C] changed,   [Am] disas-[F]-sembled, rear-[G]-ranged. - - - We came to-[C]-gether, fell [Am] apart,     We [F] broke each others [G] hearts,     Remember [C] when  [F] [C]
PAUSE   [modulate]  [D]
Remember [D] when, [Bm] the [G] sound of little [A] feet, was the [D] music, [Bm] we [G] danced to week to [A] week. - - - Brought back the [D] love, we found [Bm] trust,    Vowed we'd [G] never give it [A] up,     Remember [D] when [Bm] [G] [A]  
 
Remember [D] when, [Bm]  thirty [G] seemed so very [A] old.  Now looking [D] back, [Bm] it was [G] just a steppin [A] stone. - - - To where we [D] are, where we've [Bm] been,    Said we'd [G] do it all [A] again,     Remember [D] when  [Bm] [G] [A] 
[A] PAUSE
Remember [D] when, [Bm]  we [G] said when we turned [A] grey.  When the [D] children, [Bm]  grow [G] up and [A] move away. - - - We won't be [D] sad.  We'll be [Bm] glad.   For [G] all the life we've [A] had,
[A] PAUSE
And we'll remember [D] when.  [Bm] [G] [A] 
Remember [D] when.  [Bm] [G] [A] 
Remember        [D] when.

[ D A G D ]

Looking [D] back on the [G] memory of . . . The [A] dance we shared beneath the [D] stars above.  [A]  For a [D] moment all the [G] world was right.  How could [A] I have known you’d [Bm] ever say [A] goodbye.

And [G]   { CHORUS } – – – – – I – I’m glad I didn’t [A] know;  The way it all would [F#m] end the way it all would [G] go. [A]   Our [G] lives are better left to [A] chance I could have missed the [F#m] pain, but I’d have to [G] miss [A] the [D] dance.

Holding [D] you I held [G] everything.  For a [A] moment wasn’t [D] I the king. [A]   If I’d [D] only known how the [G] king would fall.  [A] Who’s to say you know I [Bm] might have changed it [A] all

So [G]    { CHORUS } – – – – –

Yes my [G] life is better left to [A] chance.  I could have missed the [F#m] pain, but I’d have to [G] miss [A] the [D] dance. [ D ] [ D A G D ]