LA              MI              LA     MI
I still remember the first day at school,
   LA              RE         MI
my pencils and blue markers,
       YES-       MI         DOES#-
that far that time as it flies,
      SI            YES-    LA
green days that never return.
LA            MI           LA     MI
How many days on those black benches,
LA           RE          MI
how many dreams I don't remember anymore,
         YES-       MI          DOES#-
but a slumbering thought comes forward,
       SI        YES-       LA MI

That book you are reading now.

LA
The Sardinian drummer
YES-
runs without fear,
RE
high he holds his banner,
LA               MI
messenger of fortune.
LA
the ship goes,
YES-
Genoa is now far away,
 RE
Marco goes to the new world,
LA              MI
South American land.

         DO            DO7          FA4         FA        
Oh, dear old book Heart with your simplicity
   RE                     SOL4          SOL
you keep making kids of all ages dream,
     DO            DO7          FA4         FA
my old book Heart will never forget in time,
   RE                   SOL4          SOL

the pages of love maybe a little out of fashion,
   FA                RE-7      THERE-
but yesterday i saw my boyfriend who
   RE              FA  SOL     THERE- 
it took some dust off you.


LA         MI            LA    MI
In retribution behind the blackboard,
LA             RE               MI
how many spots with blue ink
       YES-       MI        DOES#-
with the mind that sails and dreams
        SI        YES-       LA MI
on that book you read now.

LA
The Florentine scriban,
YES-
deep in the night,
RE
he writes under a light
LA                  MI
a hundred and a thousand more bands;
LA

the lookout above rises
YES-
great prize to its value,
RE
flowers throws to the officer,
LA                  MI
it covers a whole tricolor.

         DO            DO7          FA4         FA         
Oh, dear old book Heart with your simplicity
   RE                     SOL4          SOL
you keep making kids of all ages dream,
     DO            DO7          FA4         FA
my old book Heart will never forget in time,
   RE                   SOL4          SOL
the pages of love maybe a little out of fashion,
   FA               RE-7      THERE-
but yesterday i saw my boyfriend who
   RE              FA  SOL     THERE- 
it took some dust off you.

   FA                RE-7      THERE-
but yesterday i saw my boyfriend who
   RE              FA  SOL     LA 
it took some dust off you.