Intro:
[5X: 1: bass (eighth notes) w/cymbal
2: electric guitar (tune low down to and back up)
3: acoustic guitar enters
4: violin enters]
Verse 1:
The rooms were so much colder then
My father was a soldier then
And times were very hard
When I was young
Riff 1 [guitar and violin, arranged for two guitars]:
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(young)
[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]
Bridge:
When I was young it was more important
Pain, more pain, but I laughed so much louder, yeah
When I was young [Riff 1]
()
When I was young [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]
[[N.C.]]
When I was young
Instrumental break:
[key changes to [Gm]]:
[3X]
Chorus [in [Bb]]:
When I was young it was more important
Pain, more pain, though I laughed so much louder, yeah
When I was young
Riff 2 [guitar and violin, arranged for two guitars]:
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(young) parts do not always track
in parallel fifths
[[N.C.]]
When I was young
Verse 4 [chords implied by bass]:
My faith was so much stronger then
I believed in fellow men
And I was so much older then
[acoustic guitar strums [Gm] chord; violin enters]
When I was young
When I was young
Coda:
[band re-enters]
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When I was young [repeat to fade]