I had a friend, was a big (C)base ball play er
back in high (C)school.
He could throw that speed (C)ball right by ya,
make you look like a (C)fool.
Saw him the oth er night at a road side bar;
I was walk ing in, he was walk ing out.
We went back in side, sat down, had a few drinks but (C)all he kept talk ing a bout was glo ry days.
(C)They’ll pass you by, glo ry days,
in the (C)wink of a young girl’s eye.
Glo ry days,
glo ry days,
woo.
Woo.
Woo.
Oh, there’s a girl that lives (C)up the block.
Back in school, she could turn (C)all the boys’ heads.
Some times on a (C)Fri day, I’ll stop by and have a few drinks be fore she put her (C)kids to bed.
Oh, her and her hus band, Bob by, they split up; I guess it’s two years gone by now.
Oh, (D)we just sit a round talk in’ ’bout the old times.
She (C)says when she feels like cry ing, she starts (D)laugh ing, think ing a bout glo ry days.
(C)They’ll pass you by, glo ry days,
in the (C)wink of a young girl’s eye.
Glo ry days,
glo ry days,
woo.
Woo.
Woo.
I think I’m go ing down to the well to night.
I’m na till I get my fill.
And I when I get old, I don’t sit a round talk ing ’bout it;
but I know I prob ’ly will.
Yeah, just sit ting back try’n’ to re cap ture a (C)lit tle of the glo ry of...
Oh, time slips a way and leaves you with noth ing, mis ter, but
bor ing (D)sto ries of glo ry days.
(C)They’ll pass you by, glo ry days,
in the (C)wink of a young girl’s eye.
Glo ry days,
glo ry days.
Glo ry, (G)glo ry days.
(C)They’ll pass you by, glo ry days,
in the (C)wink of a young girl’s eye.
Glo ry days,
glo ry days.
Glo ry, (G)glo ry days.
Woo.
Woo.
Woo.
This page shows “Glory Days” by Bruce Springsteen in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of G at 110 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.