Capo 2nd fret
 
Intro:  E5 C5 G5 D5 E5 C5 G5 D5 
 
E5                      C5   
I saw my youth today 
G5                                D5 
He passed me on the street 
E5                    C5  
As he walked by I stood frozen 
G5                       D5 
On my dreaming feet 
E5                   C5 
He had a kinder face 
G5                                D5 
The kind I've learned to hide 
E5                          C5 
Behind these cold unyielding stones 
G5                           D5 
That used to be my eyes 
 

G5              F#5        C5 
A moment please my boy 
G5             F#5      C5 
Don't you know my name? 
G5                        D5 
Do you remember when 
                  E5     F#5      C5   
We used to play a hundred games? 
G5               F#5    C5 
And is your mother well? 
G5            F#5     C5 
Kiss her once for me 
G5                                    D5 
And if she should ask you why 
                       E5  
Why you could say  
F#5         C5          D5   E5 C5 G5 D5 (four times) 
Just for no reason 
 

E5                        C5 
Remember that old troll 
 G5                           D5 
Who lived inside the tree? 
E5                C5 
He was never dangerous 
G5                            D5 
That's just the way it seemed 
E5                                 C5     
The day you climbed that tree 
G5                            D5 
And ran to show me how 
E5                       C5      
The troll was never seen again 
G5                              D5 
So where could he be now? 
 

G5              F#5          C5 
A moment please, my boy 
G5            F#5        C5 
Don't you know this face 
G5                               D5 
And do you remember when 
              E5      F#5    C5 
I used to let you win the races? 
G5                F#5  C5       
Please don't run away 
G5           F#5      C5         
I did not mean to scare you 
G5                     D5       
I'm the one who told you 
                  E5   F#5    C5            D5  
You should never talk to strangers 
 

G5                F#5    C5 
And is your mother well? 
G5            F#5    C5 
Kiss her once for me 
G5                                     D5 
And if she should ask you why 
                        E5 
Why you could say  
F#5          C5         D5 
Just for no reason 
 

E5                    C5     
I saw my youth today 
G5                              D5 
He passed me in the street 
E5                    C5 
As he walked by I stood frozen 
G5                       D5 
On my dreaming feet