Intro 
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Verse 1 
Cadd9G I remember when you were only seventeen
Cadd9G You were the finest girl that my eyes had ever seen
EmC I guess you found it hard to simply just ignore
EmCD This scruffy beat up working class teenage troubadour
GDEmC So we fell in love and I toured your heart with my out of tune guitar
GDEmC You were wonderful you were mystical and the envy of all of my friends
GDCG Seems like only yesterday under the stars on Brighton Beach
 Verse 2 
Cadd9G Oh what a time it was what a time to be alive
Cadd9G Remember Janice and Jimmy Kennedy and King how they cried
EmC I sang to you the songs of Ramblin' Jack
EmCD You were Greta Garbo and I was Karolac
GDEmC And we played so hard and we loved so hard seemed we never ever slept
GDEm They were crazy days they were wonderful days and I loved you with all of my
C heart
GDCG Seems like only yesterday under the stars on Brighton Beach
 Bridge 
EmC Your daddy had plans that did not include me
EmC And he won't stay away from your door
EmC And I dreamed how I dreamed I could steal you away
AmD To some far off distant shore
 Verse 3 
Cadd9G Then early one morning I awoke to find you gone
Cadd9G You wrote 'I love you baby but it's time for me to move on'
EmC And so my teenage heart laid scattered on the floor
EmCD I swear to God I could not have loved you anymore
GD And as I sit here tonight playing with my kids wondering
EmC Where you are in this world
GDEmC Did you find your man are you happy now do you ever stop and think about me
GDCG How I long for yesterday under the stars on Brighton Beach