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Em/ / / / / / / /
[5X: 1: bass (eighth notes) w/cymbal
2: electric guitar (tune low E down to D and back up)
3: acoustic guitar enters
4: violin enters]
Verse 1:
Em DThe rooms were so much colder then
Em DMy father was a soldier then
Em DAnd times were very hard
EmWhen I was young
Riff 1 [guitar and violin, arranged for two guitars]:
(Em)v v v v v
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------------10-12-10---8--10-8----7--8---7----|-5--
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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/ / / / / / / /
Bridge:
G EmWhen I was young it was more important
DPain, more pain, but I laughed so much louder, yeah
EmWhen I was young [Riff 1]
(D) EmWhen 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/ / / / / / / /
Chorus [in Bb]
Bb GmWhen I was young it was more important
FPain, more pain, though I laughed so much louder, yeah
GmWhen I was young
Riff 2 [guitar and violin, arranged for two guitars]:
(Gm)v v v v v
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------------13-15-13---11-13-11---10-11--10---|-8--
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(young) parts Do not always track
in parallel fifths
Gm [N.C.]
When I was young
Verse 4 [chords implied by bass]:
Gm FMy faith was so much stronger then
Gm FI believed in fellow men
Gm FAnd I was so much older then
Gm [acoustic guitar strums Gm chord; violin enters]
When I was young
When I was young
Coda:
[band re-enters]
(Gm)When I was young [repeat to fade]
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