Standard (EADGBE)

 It was a long time ago but it still haunts me,

 Well the good times are paying, but the bad times they come free,

 Its been a good few years in the lonely lane, but still it lingers like a stain,

 It was a long time ago but it still haunts me.

 Ive got a hole in my head and it just wont let me be,

 But some days Im happy, and other days I just weep,

 Well if I told you what Id done that day, I know youd never talk to me again,

 It was a long time ago but it still haunts me.

(strum down)

All the time Im hanging round, Im dodging all the danger,

I dream of days when I was young, and I was just a stranger.

 Now dont you worry yourself, cos your friend now lives in peace,

 Even though you had to bury all the evidence in the sea,

 They found his hair and his brains in an open bag, at the bottom where the wartime ship had sank,

 It was a long time ago but it still haunts me.

(strum down)

All the time Im hanging round, Im dodging all the danger,

I dream of days when I was young, and I was just a stranger.

Haunts me,

Haunts me,

Haunts me,

Haunts me,

Haunts me,

Haunts me

Haunts me, yah yah yah yah yah.