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MY BACK PAGES Byrds
[This is The Byrds' arrangement. Lyrics provided by Roger McGuinn in a
post from alt.music.byrds. Comments in brackets by the cureent poster.]
Intro: E Esus4 (repeat 4 times)
[E]Crimson [C#m]flames tied [G#m]through my ears
Rollin' [A]high and [B]mighty [E]traps
[E]Pounced with [C#m]fire on [G#m]flaming roads
Using [A]ideas as my[B] maps
"We'll [C#m]meet on edges, [G#m]soon," said I
[A]Proud 'neath heated [B]brow.
Ah, but [E]I was so much [A]older [E]then,
A B E (intro riff twice)
I'm younger than that now.
Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth
"Rip down all hate," I screamed
Lies that life is black and white
Spoke from my skull. I dreamed
Romantic facts [flanks] of musketeers
Foundationed deep, somehow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
bI'm younger than that now.
[Tbe next two verses were left out by Tbe Byrds]
Girls' faces formed the forward path
From phony jealousy
To memorizing politics
Of ancient history
Flung down by corpse evangelists
Unthought of, though, somehow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
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 I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.
[Tbe Byrds pick it up bere]
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 pathway led [Sisters fled] by confusion boats
Mutiny from stern to bow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.
[12-string guitar solo followed by tbe refrain]
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 I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.
[--]Len Moskowitz
moskowit@panix.com
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