Intro CGCGdd9 Verse 1 Cadd9 G I remember when you were only seventeen Cadd9 G You were the finest girl that my eyes had ever seen Em C I guess you found it hard to simply just ignore Em C D This scruffy beat up working class teenage troubadour GDEm C So we fell in love and I toured your heart with my out of tune guitar GDEm C You were wonderful you were mystical and the envy of all of my friends G D C G Seems like only yesterday under the stars on Brighton Beach Verse 2 Cadd9 G Oh what a time it was what a time to be alive Cadd9 G Remember Janice and Jimmy Kennedy and King how they cried Em C I sang to you the songs of Ramblin' Jack Em C D You were Greta Garbo and I was Karolac GDEm C And we played so hard and we loved so hard seemed we never ever slept G D Em They were crazy days they were wonderful days and I loved you with all of my C heart G D C G Seems like only yesterday under the stars on Brighton Beach Bridge Em C Your daddy had plans that did not include me Em C And he won't stay away from your door Em C And I dreamed how I dreamed I could steal you away Am D To some far off distant shore Verse 3 Cadd9 G Then early one morning I awoke to find you gone Cadd9 G You wrote 'I love you baby but it's time for me to move on' Em C And so my teenage heart laid scattered on the floor Em C D I swear to God I could not have loved you anymore G D And as I sit here tonight playing with my kids wondering Em C Where you are in this world GDEm C Did you find your man are you happy now do you ever stop and think about me G D C G How I long for yesterday under the stars on Brighton Beach Tabbed by Tony Coxill. If there are any golden oldies you would like posting on this site (chords and lyrics) please email me at a.coxill@btinternet.com