Biography:
Anthony John Clarke was born in Ireland, he began writing songs at the age of nine. He is a talented singer/songwriter and is often described as one of the folk scenes nicest guys.
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Other songs:
- All In The Song
- An Acquaintance Of Mine
- As Good As It Gets
- Banjo Antarctica
- Between Midnight And Blue
- Blue
- Come Upstairs
- Danni And Mr Adams 1967
- Darling
- Day Too Long
- Easy Piano
- If Id Only Learned To Dance
- If Theres A Next Time
- Im My Own Grandpa
- Irish Eyes
- It Was All Rock And Roll Then
- Julie Brown
- May
- My Good Old Days
- My My Juliet
- No Use Us Arguing Now
- Of Course I Will
- One Night Stand
- Short Weekend
- Sing A Chorus With Me
- Smooth Old Talk
- The Broken Years
- The Great Southside Twins
- The High Road
- The Only Life Gloria Knows
- The Wrong Way Round
- Tomorrow The Sorrow Begins
- Tuesday Night Is Always Karaoke
- Twelve Verses
- Walking On Sunday
- Waltz Me Away
- Will You Sing A Chorus With Me
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
D7 G Am
[Verse]
D G
Wagon wheels and Tonka trucks
Em Am
Ice cream soda, 7 Up
Preston lost the FA Cup
D D7 Am
The goals were on the news
[Verse]
D G
Cheesecloth shirts, jangly things
Em Am
Eurovision Song Contest wins
All kinds of everything
D D7 Am
And lonely Major Tom
[Verse]
D G
Dr Who met Desperate Dan
Em Am
400cc red Dyan
D
What on earth's a non-stick pan?
D7 Am
Easter weekend caravan
[Verse]
D G
Our only phone was in the hall
Em Am
Our supermarket still was small
D
Rope sandals and Patchouli
D7 Am
Trying to kiss a girl called Julie
[Verse]
D G
Dave, Dee, Dozy, peek-a-boo
Em Am
Baggy trousers, platform shoes
D
A drink of water still was free
D7 Am
Three kids, one small TV
[Verse]
D G
Levi jacket, Wrangler jeans and
Em Am
Procol Harum at King Cream
D
Navy skirt below her knee
D7 C
My Progressive Rock LP's
[Chorus]
D
Were those my good old days?
G Em
Am I getting to a point in my life
Am
When I can safely say?
D C G
They don't write them like that anymore
[Instrumental]
Am D7 G Em Am D7 C G Am
[Verse]
D G
Dusty Springfield, Green Shield stamps
Em Am
The kitchen wall was always damp
D
Desk's with inkwells, writer's cramp
D7 Am
Drinking beer at summer camp
[Verse]
D G
'Bonanza', 'Ask The Family'
Em Am
The 'Victor', 'Beano' and the 'Dandy'
D
Hornby trains and action men
D7 Am
The Beatles number one again
[Verse]
D
Benny Hill, the football fixtures
G Em Am
Bangles, Spangles, black sports mixtures
D
Muddy pictures, clumsy tackling
D7 C
Ilija, Juri, Atkin
[Verse]
D
Wilson losing, Nixon lying
G Em Am
Thatcher winning, Lennon dying
D
Neil Armstrong, James Bond movies
D7 Am
Hearing words like 'fab' and 'groovy'
[Verse]
D
The three day week, Teddy's Tories
G Em Am
Stars on Sunday, Jack De Nouri
D
Reading my first Orwell story
D7 Am
Bobby Moore in all his glory
[Verse]
D
Hippy chicks in granddad vests
G Em Am
And Sunday's still a day of rest
D
How we loved 'The Old Grey Whistle Test'
D7 C
Supertramp and all the rest
[Chorus]
D
Were those my good old days?
G Em
Am I getting to a point in my life
Am
When I can safely say?
D C G C
They don't write them like that anymore
[Chorus]
D
Were those my good old days?
G Em
Am I getting to a point in my life
Am
When I can safely say?
D C G
They don't write them like that anymore
[Verse]
D
Nowadays I can't leave home
G Em Am
Without I'm in reach on mobile phone
D
Medication, reading glasses
D7 C
I'm the oldest at my evening classes
[Verse]
D
City centre, late night screeching
G Em C
Hair extension, eyebrow bleaching
D
Empty pews stopped preachers preaching
D7 C
Paperwork stopped teachers teaching
[Chorus]
D
Were those my good old days?
G Em
Am I getting to a point in my life
Am
When I can safely say?
D C G C
They don't write them like that anymore
[Chorus]
D
Were those my good old days?
G Em
Am I getting to a point in my life
Am
When I can safely say?
D C G
They don't write them like that anymore
D7 G Am
[Verse]
D G
Wagon wheels and Tonka trucks
Em Am
Ice cream soda, 7 Up
Preston lost the FA Cup
D D7 Am
The goals were on the news
[Verse]
D G
Cheesecloth shirts, jangly things
Em Am
Eurovision Song Contest wins
All kinds of everything
D D7 Am
And lonely Major Tom
[Verse]
D G
Dr Who met Desperate Dan
Em Am
400cc red Dyan
D
What on earth's a non-stick pan?
D7 Am
Easter weekend caravan
[Verse]
D G
Our only phone was in the hall
Em Am
Our supermarket still was small
D
Rope sandals and Patchouli
D7 Am
Trying to kiss a girl called Julie
[Verse]
D G
Dave, Dee, Dozy, peek-a-boo
Em Am
Baggy trousers, platform shoes
D
A drink of water still was free
D7 Am
Three kids, one small TV
[Verse]
D G
Levi jacket, Wrangler jeans and
Em Am
Procol Harum at King Cream
D
Navy skirt below her knee
D7 C
My Progressive Rock LP's
[Chorus]
D
Were those my good old days?
G Em
Am I getting to a point in my life
Am
When I can safely say?
D C G
They don't write them like that anymore
[Instrumental]
Am D7 G Em Am D7 C G Am
[Verse]
D G
Dusty Springfield, Green Shield stamps
Em Am
The kitchen wall was always damp
D
Desk's with inkwells, writer's cramp
D7 Am
Drinking beer at summer camp
[Verse]
D G
'Bonanza', 'Ask The Family'
Em Am
The 'Victor', 'Beano' and the 'Dandy'
D
Hornby trains and action men
D7 Am
The Beatles number one again
[Verse]
D
Benny Hill, the football fixtures
G Em Am
Bangles, Spangles, black sports mixtures
D
Muddy pictures, clumsy tackling
D7 C
Ilija, Juri, Atkin
[Verse]
D
Wilson losing, Nixon lying
G Em Am
Thatcher winning, Lennon dying
D
Neil Armstrong, James Bond movies
D7 Am
Hearing words like 'fab' and 'groovy'
[Verse]
D
The three day week, Teddy's Tories
G Em Am
Stars on Sunday, Jack De Nouri
D
Reading my first Orwell story
D7 Am
Bobby Moore in all his glory
[Verse]
D
Hippy chicks in granddad vests
G Em Am
And Sunday's still a day of rest
D
How we loved 'The Old Grey Whistle Test'
D7 C
Supertramp and all the rest
[Chorus]
D
Were those my good old days?
G Em
Am I getting to a point in my life
Am
When I can safely say?
D C G C
They don't write them like that anymore
[Chorus]
D
Were those my good old days?
G Em
Am I getting to a point in my life
Am
When I can safely say?
D C G
They don't write them like that anymore
[Verse]
D
Nowadays I can't leave home
G Em Am
Without I'm in reach on mobile phone
D
Medication, reading glasses
D7 C
I'm the oldest at my evening classes
[Verse]
D
City centre, late night screeching
G Em C
Hair extension, eyebrow bleaching
D
Empty pews stopped preachers preaching
D7 C
Paperwork stopped teachers teaching
[Chorus]
D
Were those my good old days?
G Em
Am I getting to a point in my life
Am
When I can safely say?
D C G C
They don't write them like that anymore
[Chorus]
D
Were those my good old days?
G Em
Am I getting to a point in my life
Am
When I can safely say?
D C G
They don't write them like that anymore
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