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When I'm Sixty Four

Artist Name
The Beatles
Album
Yellow Submarine
Release
1967

When I'm Sixty Four
by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Here is my ukulele version. If I'm playing my tenor uke with the low G I will do the step up on that string on "birthday greetings ..." etc.

[C]When I get older, losing my hair, many years from now[G]
[G]Will you still be sending me a valentine, birthday greeting, bottle of [C]wine?
[C]If I'd been out 'till quarter to three, [C7]would you lock the door[F]?
Will you still [Ab7]need me, [C]will you still feed[A7] me,
[D7]When I'm [G7]sixty [C]four?       

[Am]          [G]          [Am]
You'll be older, [E]too
[Am]and if you [Dm]say the word, [F]I could [G]stay with [C]you     [G]

[C]I could be handy, mending a fuse, when your lights have gone[G]
[G]You can knit a sweater by the fireside, Sunday morning, go for a [C]ride
[C]Doing the garden, digging the weeds, [C7]who could ask for more[F]?
Will you still [Ab7]need me, [C]will you still feed[A7] me,
[D7]When I'm [G7]sixty [C]four?

[Am]Every summer we can rent a cottage at the Isle of Wight, [G]if it's not too dear[Am]
We shall scrimp and [E]save
[Am]Grand children [Dm]on your knee [F]Vera, [G]Chuck and [C]Dave

[C]Send me a postcard, drop me a line, stating point of view[G]
[G]Indicate precisely what you mean to say, yours sincerely wasting [C]away
[C]Give me an answer, fill in a form, [C7]mine for ever more[F]
Will you still [Ab7]need me, [C]will you still feed[A7] me,
[D7]When I'm [G7]sixty [C]four? Ho!

[C]          [F]     [G7]     [C]