Recorded by Carl Smith
Written by Keith Lloyd

G   C                 G          D7      G
And these will be the best years of your life

                                     C               G
You say your heart is broken that my love was just a token
                                     D7
You say this parting cuts you like a knife
G                                 C                 G
But if you let it grieve you your youth will surely leave you
      C                   G          D7      G
Cause these should be the best years of your life

  D7                          C                 G
I know it won't be easy cause your memories are busy
                                           D7
And yet you're still too young for all the strife
G                                       C            G
So let me tell you like a brother go on out and find another
    C                 G          D7      G
And these will be the best years of your life

                              C                 G
You say the taste is bitter because you loved a quitter
                                   D7
But I'm not free to take you for a while
G                                 C              G
You're lucky that it's over cause somehow you'll recover
    C                 G          D7      G
And these will be the best years of your life

Repeat #2