Times Were When Chords by The Cats

TIMES WERE WHEN: THE CATS (1968) (Grimshaw) 4/4 - 98

Website: http://www.thecats.nl/

This Dutch pop group from Volendam, was 'World famous' in The Netherlands, Belgium and
Germany, in the 1960's and '70's. They scored 36 hits in Holland, including 5 no. 1's.
The songs were mainly ballads, and this no. 2 song in the 1968 charts, was one of them.
Their distinctive sound they created was labeled 'Palingsound' (Paling is Dutch for:
Eal). Most of their songs were very high quality own compositions, although this song
wasn't.

|./.    |: Repeat previous measure of 4-counts.
/: Down stroke
\: Up Stroke
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++INTRO:

Fret: |9    9 |5    |2
      |A    E7|A    |A   E7|A    |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------1:

A                 |E           |D           |E7               |
GRAND-DAD SITTING  BY THE FIRE, REMI-NISCING OF THE TIMES WHEN

A          E7|A    |./.        |E                    |D
HE WAS A BOY.       IN THE GOOD OLD DA-YS HE KEEPS ON SAYIN?

                                     / 
     |E7              |A          E7|A
?BOUT EV?RY-THING I?VE HEA-RD BEFORE.
====================================================================CHORUS:

/    \    /     /     \
     E7  |A           E    |D               |./.            |A
TMES WERE WHEN, TIMES WE-RE WHEN. TIMES THAT WON?T BE BACK A-GAIN,

          |E7    |A   E7|A    |
TIMES WERE WHE ?  N.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------2:

A                   |E                 |D           |E7
TIMES WERE WHEN BOYS LOOKED LIKE BOY-S, AND MY DADDY SAID

           |A          E7|A     |./.          |E             |D
ACTING LIKE HU-MAN SHOULD.    HE DOESN?T UNDER-STAND OUR GENE-RATION,

                                /
   |E7             |A        E7|A
AND MAYBE  HE CAN SEE- NO GOOD.
====================================================================CHORUS:

/    \    /     /     \
     E7  |A           E    |D               |./.            |A
TMES WERE WHEN, TIMES WE-RE WHEN. TIMES THAT WON?T BE BACK A-GAIN,

          |E7    |A   E7|A    |
TIMES WERE WHE ?  N.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------3:

G#            |D#          |C#            |D7#               |
BUT WHEN I GET TO HIS A-GE, I WILL TALK OF ALL THE GOOD TIMES

G#        D7#|G#    |./.               |D#             |
I HAD TODAY.         TIMES WERE WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG MAN,

                                                    /
C#                |D7#                |G#       D7#|G#
AND HE THOUGHT AND DID THE SAME THINGS I DO TODAY.
====================================================================CHORUS:

/    \     /     /     \
     D7#  |G#          D#   |C#              |./.            |G#
TMES WERE  WHEN, TIMES WE-RE WHEN. TIMES THAT WON?T BE BACK A-GAIN,

                           /
          |D7#   |G#   D7#|G#
TIMES WERE WHE ?  N.

/    \     /     /     \
     D7#  |G           D#   |C#              |./.            |G#
TMES WERE  WHEN, TIMES WE-RE WHEN. TIMES THAT WON?T BE BACK A-GAIN,

          |D7#   |G#   D7#|G#    |
TIMES WERE WHE ?  N.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++OUTRO:

                                               /
C#   G#|D#    |C#   G#|D#    |C#   G#|D#   D7#|G#


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