When I was young v1

The Animals

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When I was young 
The Animals 
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https://soundcloud.com/freek-knol-1/sounds-from-woensdag-afternoon

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    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,
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e 0---
B -0--
G --0-
D ---2
A ----
E ----
 D           Em
when I was young (riff)

  Em                  D
I smoked my first cigarette at ten
    Em           D
And for girls, I had a bad yen
    Em            D
And I had quite a ball,
           Em
When I was young (riff)
D           Em
when I was young (riff)

     G                   Em
When I was young, it was more important
G
Pain more painful
Em
Laughter much louder
                 D
Yeah, when I was young (riff)
 D          Em
When I was young (riff)

  Em                D
I met my first love at thirteen
Em                D
She was brown and I was pretty green
    Em                D              Em
And I learned quite a lot when I was young,(riff)
D             Em
When I was young (riff)

Em D 3x

     G                 Em
When I was young, it was more important
G
Pain more painful
Em
Laughter much louder
D                             Em
Yeah------------, when I was young,(riff)
D             Em
when I was young(riff)

   Em                D
My faith was so much stronger then
Em               D
I believed in my fellow men
    Em            D
And I was so much older then,--------------
           Em
When I was young(riff)
D           Em
when I was young (riff)
D           Em
when I was young (riff)

Zo speel je dit nummer

Op Gitaartabs leer je de akkoorden van When I was young v1 van The Animals. Dit alternatieve rocknummer is perfect om mee in te stappen, met relatief eenvoudige grepen die je snel onder de vingers krijgt.

Het nummer ligt op beginner-niveau en gebruikt voornamelijk Em, D en G — drie akkoorden die je basis vormen voor ontelbare songs. Je werkt met het akkoorden-format, wat ideaal is om het nummer meteen mee te spelen. Pak je gitaar en ontdek hoe dit klassieker in elkaar zit.

How to practise this song

1
Practise the barre chord B
B is a barre chord. Lay your index finger flat across all strings and press firmly; practise it on its own until every string rings clearly before you use it in the song.
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2
Practise the change: B ↔ A
Play each chord for 4 beats, then 2, then 1 — with the metronome at 60-70 bpm. Only push the tempo once the change is clean and on time.
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3
Great first song
Focus on clean chords — let every string ring. Speed comes by itself once the shapes are right.