The People You See Regularly Never Grow Old
Composer: Henning Ohlenbusch
Album: Gentle Hen - The Bells on the Boats on the Bay
https://youtu.be/vm_UhWuEUXM


[verse]
G
It’s strange to see you in this place out of place.
G
I’m looking for you underneath that grown-up face.
C                                   G
I wouldn’t have recognized you if I hadn’t been told.
    D              C         Am         G
The people you see regularly never grow old.
    D               C                    Am         G
The people you hang out with, well, they never grow old.


[verse]
G
I went to look for you in our hometown.
G
Checked all the secret spots but you were not around.
C                                   G
Went to your parents’ house, it had long since been sold.
    D              C         Am         G
The people you see regularly never grow old.
    D               C                    Am         G
The people you hang out with, well, they never grow old.


[verse]
G
Was that? It had to be. Your face in black and white,
G
Staring at me hauntingly from the newspaper last night.
C                             G
You look so good and strange, just beneath the fold.
    D              C         Am         G
The people you see regularly never grow old.
    D               C                    Am         G
The people you hang out with, well, they never grow old.


[chorus]
C            D                       Bm      Em
You look the same as you did when we met. So many years ago by now
    C                            D                    G   G7
You cannot see the hour hand has moved until you look away.
C             D                 Bm     Em
Do I look the way I did when we met? I know that I have changed a lot.
    C                D                   G
But when you look at me, which me do you see?


[verse]
G
You walk into the place just like you always do.
G
I’d barely know the place if it weren’t for you.
C                              G
You’re famous sweater with its stripes of green and gold
    D              C         Am         G
The people you see regularly never grow old.
    D               C                    Am         G
The people you hang out with, well, they never grow old.


[verse]
G
You look exactly the same as you did when we first met
G
I remember all our friend couldn’t believe we hadn’t met yet
C                               G
We stayed outside and talked so long despite the cold
    D              C         Am         G
The people you see regularly never grow old.
    D               C                    Am         G
The people you hang out with, well, they never grow old.


[chorus]
C            D                       Bm      Em
You look the same as you did when we met. So many years ago by now
    C                            D                    G   G7
You cannot see the hour hand has moved until you look away.
C             D                 Bm     Em
Do I look the way I did when we met? I know that I have changed a lot.
    C                D                   G
But when you look at me, which me do you see?
C                D    G  
When you look at me.