The Hungry years
By Neil Sedaka


  A
Girl we made it to the top
    Dm/A
We went so high we couldn't stop
      A                  Dm/A
We climbed the ladder leading us nowhere
             D/A              Dm/A          A   Dm7  G7
Two of us together building castles in the air

     C       
We spun so fast we couldn't tell
      Fm/C
The gold ring from the carousel
       C              Fm/C                 C
How could we know the ride would turn out bad
   E7/B         Am            D7         G7sus4
Everything we wanted, was everything we had

G7                 Fmaj7
I miss the hungry years
                 Fm(maj7)
The once upon a time
                 C/E
The lovely long ago
C                 D9
We didn't have a dime
               Dm7   G13
Those days of me and you
    Fm/G           Cmaj7
We lost along the way
C9                  Fmaj7
How could I be so blind
                Fm(maj7)
Not to see the door
                C/E
Closing on the world
C             D9
I now hunger for
                    Dm7   G13
Looking through my tears
   Fm/G             C   Bm7  E7
I miss the hungry years

      A
We shared our day dreams one by one
    Dm/A
Making plans was so much fun
      A                  Dm/A
We set our goals and reached the highest star
                    D/A              Dm/A         A   Dm7  G7
Things that we were after were much better from a far
 C
Here we stand just me and you
         Fm/C
With everything and nothing too
      C               Fm/C           C
It wasn't worth the price we had to pay
  E7/B          Am    D7sus4    D7          G7sus4
Honey take me home... Let's go back to yesterday

G7                 Fmaj7
I miss the hungry years
                 Fm(maj7)
The once upon a time
                 C/E
The lovely long ago
C                 D9
We didn't have a dime
               Dm7   G13
Those days of me and you
    Fm/G           Cmaj7
We lost along the way
C9                  Fmaj7
How could I be so blind
                Fm(maj7)
Not to see the door
                C/E
Closing on the world
C             D9
I now hunger for
                    Dm7   G13
Looking through my tears
   Fm/G             C   Bm7  E7
I miss the hungry years
Fm/C                C     Fm/C    C
I miss the hungry years