A Younger Man chords by Don Henley

A Younger Man - Don Henley
**note: the song is recorded one half-step lower (F#)

INTRO:  G      C      G - Gmaj7 - C- G

VERSE 1:
                   G      C/G                     G      Gsus4 - G
I know you're disappointed, I can see it in your eyes
                    G     C/G             Dsus4     D
This isn't what you wanted, and now you realize
                             G    C/G                              Em   Em/D - C
I ain't no knight in shining armor, who comes a-ridin? 'cross the lea
                     G          D7    G - Gmaj7 - C- G
You're lookin' for a younger man, not me

VERSE 2:
                           G      C/G                     G      Gsus4 - G
Now, the merchants in the marketplace, they're selling fantasy
                          G    C/G            Dsus4     D
It's a trick of light and shadow, it's not reality
                  G    C/G                        Em   Em/D - C
It's just a faded photograph of the man I used to be
                     G          D7    G
You're lookin' for a younger man, not me

BRIDGE:
  G/A      G/B   C      Cm                    G      Gsus4 - G
I knew the day I met you, it was never gonna last
                D/F#      Em    A7                          C/D    D
You're an angel from the future, I'm an old devil from the past
                     G    C/G                               Em   Em/D - C
So, trust me when I tell you, this is the way it's meant to be
                     G           D7   G       C/G   G
You're lookin' for a younger man, not me

SOLO:  2nd half of first verse chords
G    C/G    Em   Em/D - C
G     D7    G - Gmaj7 - C- G

VERSE 3:
                           G      C/G                     G      Gsus4 - G
If you believe in better days ahead, for this crazy human race
                        G     C/G                    Dsus4     D
That we will somehow be delivered, by goodness and by grace
                            G    C/G                           Em   Em/D - C
And if you're lookin? for believers, in faith and hope and charity
                           G/D        D7     G      Am - G/B
Then, you're lookin' for a younger man, not me
C                     G         D7    C
You're lookin' for a younger man, not me
Cm                    G         D7    G - Gmaj7 - C- G