CAPO 6
Em Am Em
The choice was mine and mine completely,
C D Am
I could have any prize that I desired.
Em C G Bb
I could burn with the splendour of the brightest fire,
C Cm Em
or else - or else I could choose time.
Em - Am Em
2. Remember I was very young then,
C D Am
and a year was forever and a day.
Em C G Bb
So what use could fifty, sixty, seventy be?
C Cm Em
I saw the lights and I was on my way.
Bb - Em Bb
And how I lived! How they shone !
C - Em
But how soon the lights were gone! 