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Happenings Ten Years Time Ago Bass

(ver. 1)
Yardbirds
Happenings Ten Years Time Ago
The Yardbirds
Written by Jeff Beck, Chris Dreja, Jim McCarty, Keith Relf and Paul Samwell-
Smith; released as a single with "Psycho Daisies" in the UK and "The Nazz 
Are Blue" in the USA as B-sides.

Intro:
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Verse:
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      Mee  -  ting peo -  ple a - long    my      way,


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      see  -  mingly      I've    known   one     day,


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      Fa- mi- li- a   -   ri  -   ty      of      things


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      that    my  drea -  ming    al  -   ways    brings.


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  Happe  -  nings ten     years   time    a   -   go,


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  si    -     tu- a   -   tions we real - ly      know,


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  But         the know  - ing is  in      the     mind,


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          sinking deep into   the well    of      time,


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          sinking deep into   the well    of      time.


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Verse:
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          Walking in      a       room,   I       see


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  things     that mean    a       lot     to      me.


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  Why        they do,     I       ne  -   ver     know,


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          me- mo- ries    don't   strike  me      so,


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          me- mo- ries    don't   strike  me      so.


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Verse:
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      It  seems to me I've been   here    be  -   fore,


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      the sounds I heard  and the sights  I       saw.


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      Was     it  real,   was it  in      my      dreams,


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      I   need to know    what    it      all     means.


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Break (solo):
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Verse:
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      Happe - nings ten   years   time    a   -   go,


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      si  -   tu- a   -   tions we real - ly      know,


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  But         the know -  ing is  in      the     mind,


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          sinking deep into   the well    of      time,


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          sinking deep into   the well    of      time.

Outro:
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repeat and fade out...

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