G   C                 G          D7      G 
And these will be the best years of your life 
 
                                     C               G 
You say your heart is broken that my love was just a token 
                                     D7 
You say this parting cuts you like a knife 
G                                 C                 G 
But if you let it grieve you your youth will surely leave you 
      C                   G          D7      G 
Cause these should be the best years of your life 
 
  D7                          C                 G 
I know it won't be easy cause your memories are busy 
                                           D7 
And yet you're still too young for all the strife 
G                                       C            G 
So let me tell you like a brother go on out and find another 
    C                 G          D7      G 
And these will be the best years of your life 
 
                              C                 G 
You say the taste is bitter because you loved a quitter 
                                   D7 
But I'm not free to take you for a while 
G                                 C              G 
You're lucky that it's over cause somehow you'll recover 
    C                 G          D7      G 
And these will be the best years of your life