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When I Was Young

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Eric Burdon

Version
studio
published by
rafah
Tone
A-
A+
Slide
A -> La
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Chords
	 
[Intro]
[Verse]
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, when I was young
[Verse]
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
[Chorus]
G Em
When I was young, it was more important
G
Pain more painful
Em
Laughter much louder
D Em D
Yeah, when I was young
Em
When I was young
[Verse]
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, When I was young
[Instrumental]
Gm F 3x
[Chorus]
Bb Gm
When I was young, it was more important
Bb
Pain more painful
Gm
Laughter much louder
F Gm F Gm
Yeah, when I was young, when I was young
[Outro]
Gm F
My faith was so much stronger then
Gm F
I believed in my fellow men
Gm F
And I was so much older then,
Gm
When I was young 3x