That Old Gang Of Mine Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]I've got a longing way [Bm]down in my heart
[Em]For that old gang [Bm]that has drifted
apart
[Em]They were the best[D][Em]
[D]pals that I ever had
I never thought that I'd
[E]want them so bad
Gee but [D]I'd give the world to see
That old gang of mine
I can't forget that old quartette
that sang "Sweet Adeline"
Goodbye forever, old
fellows and gals
Goodbye forever,
old sweethearts and [F#]pals
(God bless them)
Gee but I'd give the world to [G]see
That old gang of [F#]mine
Gee but I'd give [Fdim]the world to see
[E]That old gang of [F#]mine
I can't forget that old [Bm]quartette that
[E]sang "Sweet Adeline"
Goodbye forever,
old fellows [Em]and [Bm]gals
Goodbye forever,
old sweethearts and pals
[E](God bless them)
[A]Gee but I'd give [Eb]the world
to see
That old gang [D]of mine
Last night I [Em]strolled to that old neigh
[A]borhood
There on that [E]corner I
[C]sil[A]ent[D]ly stood
I [C#dim]felt so blue as the c[D]rowd
s hurried by
Nobody knew [Bm]how I wanted
to cry
Gee but I'd give the world to see
[E]That old gang of mine
I can't forget [C#]that old quartette that
sang "Sweet Ad[E]eline"
Goodbye forever,
[A]old fellows and [Adim]gals
Goodbye forever,
old sweethearts [F]and pals
(God bless them)
Gee but [Em]I'd [Ebdim]give the[D]
world to see
That old gang [G]of[D][G]
[F#]mine[Fdim][E]

[Verse 2]
Recitation: [E]Last night
[A][Fdim][E][A]
'neath a
street lamp I [C#]silently stood
[D]On the same [A]corner back in that
[Ddim]old neig[D]hborhood
As I gazed [F#m]at the[F#]
houses, unchanged [G]by [D]the [Bm]years[E]
In [D]my throat came a lump and
my eyes filled with tears
I [Ebdim]looked at[A] th[D]e lamppost,[Bm]
[D]the pump[Bbdim][F#]
[Bm]and[F#][Cdim][Bm][E]
[Bbdim]the stoop[Bm][F#][Bbdim]
And again I could picture us kid
s in a [Bbdim]group
There was Shorty,
[Bm]and Yeller [E]and Skinny [A]and [Ebdim]Mike
[Em]And [Ebdim]the rich kid w[Em]ho had ball[G]
bearing skates and a bike
And down [D]near the school
I could see [Em]the brick [G]wal[C]l
Where we used to go
for a game of handball
An[A]d the [D]crabby old janitor
who chased [B]us [Em]away
Say, what I wouldn't give to
just see him today!
[Gdim]An d then

[Verse 3]
[F#m]came t[A]he [F]parties
and [E]dances- [Eaug]- that's why[F#]
We didn't notice [D]the years going by
And the first thing we knew we
were all twenty- one
But the [Am]Gang stuck together in a
[D]fight or in fun
- And then came the War-
[G]the crowds in the street
[D]- The blast of [Bm]the Bugle-
the [G]tramp of the feet
And the [Fdim]gang, th[E]at[D] old g[Bm]ang of mine
Was the first gang that hit
the Von Hinden[E]burg line.

[Verse 4]
But [A]the war is all over and
last night as [D]I stood
[A]On [D]the same corner back in that
[Eb]old [D]neig[A]hb[D]orhood
I couldn't help brushing [C#dim]a tear[F#]
[Fdim]from my [E]ey[Eb]e[E]
For I [Fdim]knew not a face in
[Bm]the crowds that went by
Gone forever are the [Fdim]pals that I love
There is[E]n't [D]a[G][E][Am]
[F]trace [D]or a sign
Of that regular honest to goodness old bunch
That I call that old gang of mine