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When i was young Animals
(Burdon - Briggs - Weider - Jenkins - McCulloch)
[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:
The r[Em]ooms were so much c[D]older then
My f[Em]ather was a s[D]oldier then
And t[Em]imes were very h[D]ard
When I was y[Em]oung
Riff 1 (guitar and violin, arranged for two guitars):
[Em] v v v v v
------------12-14-12---10-12-10---9--10--9----|-7-- ------------10-12-10---8--10-8----7--8---7----|-5-- ----------------------------------------------|---- ----------------------------------------------|---- ----------------------------------------------|---- ----------------------------------------------|----
(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:
When [G]I was young it was m[Em]ore important
Pain, more pain, but I laughed so much louder, y[D]eah
When I was y[Em]oung (Riff 1)
When[D] I was y[Em]oung (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)
[Gm] Chorus (in Bb)
When [Bb]I was young it was m[Gm]ore important
Pain, more pain, though I laughed so much louder, y[F]eah
When I was y[Gm]oung
Riff 2 (guitar and violin, arranged for two guitars):
[Gm] v v v v v
------------15-17-15---14-15-14---12-14--12---|-10- ------------13-15-13---11-13-11---10-11--10---|-8-- ----------------------------------------------|---- ----------------------------------------------|---- ----------------------------------------------|---- ----------------------------------------------|----
(young) * * * parts do not always track
in parallel fifths
Gm (N.C.)
When I was young
Verse 4 (chords implied by bass):
My fa[Gm]ith was so much str[F]onger then
[Gm]I believed in f[F]ellow men
[Gm]And I was so much o[F]lder 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)
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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