View Song Those Were The Days My Friend Pics. Later in 1971 on december 5th the show's theme song, those were the days by carroll 'archie' o'connor & jean 'edith' stapleton, entered billboard's hot top 100 chart at position #73, seven weeks later on january 23rd, 1972 it would peak at #43 {for 1 week} and it stayed on the chart for 9 weeks. Once upon a time there was a tavern where we used to raise a glass or two remember how we laughed away the hours and think of all the great things we would do those were the days my friend we thought they'd never end we'd sing and dance forever and a day we'd live the life we choose we'd fight and never lose for we were young and sure to have our way.
Its universal theme helped propel it into a hit.
Dm we'd live the life we choose, am we'd fight and never lose, e am for we were young, and sure to have our way. Just tonight i stood before the tavern nothing seemed the way it used to be in the glass i saw a strange reflection was that lonely woman really me those were the days my friend we thought they'd never end we'd sing and dance forever and a day we'd live the life we choose we'd fight. For we were young and sure to have our way. Dm we'd live the life we choose, am we'd fight and never lose, e am for we were young, and sure to have our way.