When I was young
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1. The rooms were so much
colder then, my father was a soldier then,
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D Em
and times were very hard, when I was young. When I was young
Em D Em D
2. I smoked my
first cigarette at ten, and for girls I had a bad yearn,
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and I had quite a ball when I was
young.
G Em
When I was young it was more important,
G Em
D
pain, more
pain, but I laughed so much louder, yeah !
Em ~
D Em
When I was young. When I was
young.
Em D Em D
3. I met my first love at thirteen, she was brown and I was pretty green,
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D Em
and I learned quite a lot, when I was young. When I was young
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- Gm -F - Gm - F - Gm
Bb Gm
When I was young it was more important,
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pain, more
pain, but I laughed so much louder, yeah !
Gm
~ F Gm
When I was young. When I was young.
Gm F Gm F
4. My faith was so much stronger then, I believed in fellow men,
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and I
was so much older then -
F
Gm ~ F
Gm F Gm
when I was young, when I was young, when I was young ....
(The Animals)