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Capo 3rd fret (original key Eb major)
[C]Crimson [Am]flames tied [Em]through my ears
F G *) C
Rollin' high and mighty traps
[C]Pounced with [Am]fire on [Em]flaming [C]roads
F Em G *)
Using ideas as my maps
F Am G *) C
"We'll meet on edges, soon," said I
[Am]Proud 'neath heated [F]br[G]ow
Ah, but [C]I was so much [Am]older [C]then
F G *) C G *)
I'm younger than that now.
[C]Half-cracked [Am]prejud[Em]ice leaped forth
F G *) C
"Rip down all hate," I screamed
[C]Lies that [Am]life is [Em]black and white
F G *)
Spoke from my skull, I dreamed
Ro[Am]mantic facts of [Em]musketeers
Foun[F]dationed deep, some[G]how
Ah, but [C]I was [Am]so much [Em]older [F]then
G *) C
I'm younger than that now.
Girls' faces formed the forward path
From phony jealousy
To memorizing politics
Of ancient history
Flung down by corpse evangelists
Unthought of, thought, somehow
Ah, but [C]I was so much [F]older [C]then
F G *) C
I'm younger than that now.
A self-ordained professor's tongue
Too serious to fool
Spouted out that liberty
Is just equality in school
"Equality," I spoke the word
As if a wedding vow
Ah, but [C]I was so much [Am]older then
F G *) C
I'm younger than that now.
In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand
At the mongrel dogs who teach
Fearing not that I'd become my enemy
In the instant that I preach
My [Am]existence led by con[F]fusion [C]boats
Am Em G *)
Mutiny from stern to bow
Ah, but [C]I was [Am]so much [F]older [C]then
G *) C
I'm younger than that now.
Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats
Too noble to neglect
Deceived me into thinking
I had something to protect
Good and bad, I define these terms
Quite clear, no doubt, somehow
Ah, but [C]I was [Am]so much [F]older [C]then
G *) C
I'm younger than that now.
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