Young Man Blues (studio version) by Who - guitar chords, guitar tabs and lyrics

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Young Man Blues (studio version)
Written by Mose Allison
By The Who, 1968
From The House That Track Built, 1969

Note: the version appearing on Odds And Sods (reissue, 1998) is an 
inferior outtake incorrectly labeled as this version. 

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transcribed by                             Whotabs                    
litgo@aol.com          08-14-1999          www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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Note: leads and timing approximate.

Em11    022233

Oh, well, a young man ain't got nothin' in the world these days

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I said, a young man ain't got nothing in the world these days
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You know in the old days, when a young man was a strong man
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All the people they stepped back when a young man walked by
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Well, you know, now old days, it's the old man who's got all the money
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And a young man ain't got nothing in the world these days, yeah
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           You're the young man         Ain't got nothin'
 Young man!                    Young man!                   
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           In the world               In the world these days
 Young man!                    Young man!                   
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|---------14-12--|12/12/12/12-|----------2-0-2-|0-2---0--2--|
|------0---------|------------|----------------|----2-------|
|15\---0---------|------------|15\---0---------|------------|

           You're the young              You're the young man 
 Young man!                    Young man!                   
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           Ain't got nothin'
 Young man!                    Young man!  
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|3^----0---------|------------|0-----0------|

Now days if your the young man, 
You ain't got nothin' in world these days, yeah

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|2/2/2/2/2-----------------|2--------------------|
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