Oh Very Young chords
Cat Stevens  1974 *

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_Very_Young



       
Oh very young
              
What will you 

             
leave us this 

  
time
           
You're only da

              
ncing on this 

             
earth for a sh

    
ort while
              
And though you

              
r dreams may t

        
oss and turn y

ou now
             
They will vani

             
sh away like y

    
our daddy's be

st jeans
             
Denim blue fad

             
ing up to the 


sky
              
And though you

             
 want them to 

        
last forever
             
You know they 

    
never will

You know they never will
             
And the patche

            
s make the goo

           
dbye harder st

ill

       
Oh very young
              
What will you 

             
leave us this 

  
time
             
There'll never

           
 be a better c

              
hance to chang

       
e your mind
              
And if you wan

              
t this world t

        
o see a better

 day
             
Will you carry

             
 the words of 


love with you
             
Will you ride 

             
the great whit

            
e bird into he

aven
              
And though you

             
 want to last 

   
forever
            
You know you n

    
ever will

You know you never will
             
And the goodby

            
e makes the jo

            
urney harder s

till

       
Oh very young
              
What will you 

             
leave us this 

  
time
           
You're only da

              
ncing on this 

             
earth for a sh

    
ort while
       
Oh very young
              
What will you 

             
leave us this 


time

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