Key: C
Introduction:
G7 C Eº Dm7 G7
As I approach the prime of my life
Dm7 G7 Cº C
I find I have the time of my life
C/B F Fº
Learning to enjoy at my leisure
Em B7 Eº
All the simple pleasures
F G C E7
And so I happily concede
A7 Cm7(b5) A7 Dm7 Dm7(b5) G7
This is all I ask
Dm7 G7 Fº C Eº Dm7
This is all I need
Melody
G7 Am7 G/B C Am Eº Gº
Beautiful girls, walk a little slower
Dm7 Fº G7 C
When you walk by me
G7 Am7 G/B C7
Lingering sunsets,
Dm Am Dm6 B7 C7M Am7 B7
Stay a little longer with the lonely sea
Cº B7 Em B(#5) Em7
Children everywhere, when you shoot at bad men
Em6 A7 Em7 A7
Shoot at me
Am7 Am7(b5) D7 Am7 D7
Take me to that strange, enchanted land
Dm7 Am7 Em7(b5) G7
Grown-ups seldom understand
G7 Am7 G/B C Am Eº Gº
Wandering rainbows, leave a bit of color
Dm7 Fº G7 C
For my heart to own
G7 Am7 G/B C7 Dm Gº Dm
Stars in the sky, make my wish come true
B7 C Cº Am
Before the night has flown
A4 Am F7M E7 B7 Em C9 Am7 Eº
And let the music play as long as there's a song to sing
A7 Dm7 Dm7(b5) G7 Fº C
And I will stay younger than Spring
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