Intro: | C#m | A7 | Strophe: ^C#miOnce upon a time there was a tavern ^C#miWhere we used to raise a glass or ^F#mitwo Remember how we laughed away the ^C#mihours And ^Esdreamed of all the great things we would ^Asdo Refrain: ^C#miThose were the ^C#midays my friend We thought they'd ^F#minever end We'd sing and ^Bdance forever and a ^Eday We'd live the ^F#milife we chose We'd fight and ^C#minever lose Cause we were ^Esyoung and sure to have our ^Asway ^C#miThose were ^Asthe ^C#midays my friend We thought they'd ^F#minever end We'd sing and ^Bdance forever and a ^Eday We'd live the ^F#milife we chose We'd fight and ^C#minever lose Those were the ^Asdays oh yes those were those ^C#midays Strophe: ^C#miOnce upon a ^Btime there was a ^C#mitavern ^C#miWhere we used to raise a glass or ^F#mitwo Remember how we laughed away the ^C#mihours And ^Esdreamed of all the great things we could ^Asdo ^C#miThen the busy ^Byears went rushing ^C#miby us We ^C#milost our starry notions on the ^F#miway If by chance I'd see you in the ^C#mitavern We'd ^Essmile at one another and we'd ^Assay Refrain: ^C#miThose were the ^C#midays my friend We thought they'd ^F#minever end We'd sing and ^Bdance forever and a ^Eday We'd live the ^F#milife we chose We'd fight and ^C#minever lose Cause we were ^Esyoung and sure to have our ^Asway ^C#mila la ^Asla ^C#milei la la la la la ^F#milei la la la la la ^Blei la la la la la ^Ela la la la ^F#milei la la la la la ^C#milei la la those were the ^Asdays oh yes those were they d^C#miays Strophe ^C#miJust tonight I ^Bstood before the ^C#mitavern ^C#miNothing seemed the way it used to ^F#mibe and in the glass I saw a strange re^C#miflection ^EsWas that lonely fellow really ^Asme? Refrain: ^C#miThose were the ^C#midays my friend We thought they'd ^F#minever end We'd sing and ^Bdance forever and a ^Eday We'd live the ^F#milife we chose We'd fight and ^C#minever lose Cause we were ^Esyoung and sure to have our ^Asway ^C#mila la ^Asla ^C#milei la la la la la ^F#milei la la la la la ^Blei la la la la la ^Ela la la la ^F#milei la la la la la ^C#milei la la those were the ^Asdays oh yes those were they d^C#miays Coda: ^C#mila la ^Asla ^C#milei la la la la la ^F#milei la la la la la ^Blei la la la la la ^Ela la la la ^F#milei la la la la la ^C#milei la la those were the ^Asdays oh yes those were they d^C#miays Those were the ^Asdays oh yes those were they d^C#miays Those were the ^Asdays oh yes those were they d^C#miays