When i was young

When I Was Young  

Intro:

Em
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Verse 1:
    Em                 D
The rooms were so much colder then
   Em           D
My father was a soldier then
    Em              D
And times were very hard
           Em
When I was young

Riff 1:
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(young)

     /D    Em    [Riff 1]
When I was young

Verse 2:
I smoked my first cigarette at ten
And for girls I had a bad yen
And I had quite a ball
When I was young [Riff 1]

Em
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Bridge:
     G                  Em
When I was young it was more important
                                              D
They'd more fun and they laughed much louder, yeah
           Em
When I was young [Riff 1]
    (D)    Em
When I was young [Riff 1]

Verse 3:
I met my first love at thirteen
She was brown and I was pretty green
And I learned quite a lot
When I was young [Riff 1]
     /D    Em   [N.C.]
When I was young

Instrumental break: [key changes to Gm]:
Gm       F        [3X]
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Gm
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Chorus:
     Bb                 Gm
When I was young it was more important
                                              F
They'd more fun and they laughed much louder, yeah
           Gm
When I was young

Riff 2:
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(young)

           Gm   [N.C.]
When I was young

Verse 4
   Gm                F
My faith was so much stronger then
Gm            F
I believed in fellow men
Gm                F
And I was so much older then
           Gm [acoustic guitar strums Gm chord]
When I was young
When I was young

(Gm)
When I was young [repeat to fade]