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When I Was Young by The Animals

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When I Was Young chords
The Animals *

    Em                 D
The rooms were so much colder then
   Em           D
My father was a soldier then
    Em              D
And times were very hard,
           Em
When I was young, when I was young

  Em                  D
I smoked my first cigarette at ten
    Em           D
And for girls, I had a bad yen
    Em            D
And I had quite a ball,
           Em
When I was young

G                   Em
When I was young, it was more important
D
Pain more painful
Em
Laughter much louder
                 D
Yeah, when I was young
           Em
When I was young

  Em                D
I met my first love at thirteen
Em                D
She was brown and I was pretty green
    Em                D              Em
And I learned quite a lot when I was young, When I was young

Gm F 3x

     Bb                  Bm
When I was young, it was more important
Bb
Pain more painful
Bm
Laughter much louder
F                Gm
Yeah, when I was young, when I was young

   Gm                F
My faith was so much stronger then
Gm               F
I believed in my fellow men
    Gm            F
And I was so much older then,
           Gm
When I was young 3x

* Alternate:

Capo III

Em = C#m
D  = B
G  = E
Bb = G
F  = D
Gm = Em
Bm = G#m

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