Straight muted 8ths through most of the verse
Originally in A, vox mostly on the 5, so E capo 2
is an option if 5 minutes of E isn’t on the menu.
| A | D |
| x 4 |
| A | D |
| I had a friend was a big | baseball player |
| A | D |
| Back in high school |
| A | D |
| He could throw that | speedball by you |
| A | D |
| Make you look like a | fool boy |
| E |
| Saw him the other night at this roadside bar |
| D | |
| I was walking | in and he was walking out |
| E | |
| We went back | inside sat down, had a few drinks |
| D | E | |
| But al | l he kept talking a | bout was |
| A | D |
| Glory days they’ll | pass you by |
| A | D |
| Glory days in the wink of a | young girl’s eye |
| A | E |
| Glory days, glory | days |
| A | D |
| x 2 |
| A | D |
| There’s a girl that lives up the | block |
| A | D | |
| Back in | school she could turn all the boys’ heads |
| A | D | |
| Sometimes | on a Friday I’ll stop | by and have a few drinks |
| A | D |
| After she put her kids to bed |
| E | |
| Her and her | husband Bobby well they split up |
| D | |
| I guess | it’s two years gone by now |
| E | |
| We just sit | around talking about the old times |
| D | E | |
| She says when she feels like | crying she starts laughing | thinking about |
| A | D |
| Glory days they’ll | pass you by |
| A | D |
| Glory days in the wink of a | young girl’s eye |
| A | E |
| Glory days, glory | days |
| A | D |
Hard stop on the last chord
| E | E | D | E |
| A | D |
| Think I’m going down to the | well tonight |
| A | D | |
| And I’m going to | drink till I get my fill |
| A | D | |
| And I hop | e when I get old I don’t sit around | thinking about it |
| A | D |
| But I probably will |
| E | |
| Yeah, just sitti | ng back trying to recapture |
| D | |
| A l | ittle of the glory-a |
| E | |
| But ti | me slips away and leaves you with nothing mister but |
| D | E |
| Boring stories of |
| A | D |
| Glory days they’ll | pass you by |
| A | D |
| Glory days in the wink of a | young girl’s eye |
| A | E |
| Glory days, glory | days |
| A | D |
| Yea they’ll | pass you by |
| A | D |
| Glory days in the wink of a | young girl’s eye |
| A | E |
| Glory days, glory | days |
| A | D |
| Alright |
| A | D |
| Oooh yea |
| A | D |
| Alright |
| A | D |
| Come on now |