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If you see this and appreciate it, please drop me a line and
let me know. I'd hate for it to fall on deaf ears.

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Paul Weller chord progressions are usually quite odd and difficult
to figure out -- he doesn't seem to follow any rules, yet somehow
manages to pull it off. This song is no exception.

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WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG
By the Jam
(initially released only as a single, now available on Snap! et. al.)

INTRO

 Guitar:
     A augmentedA  F# minorF#m
|---------5----2--2--2---|
|---------5----2--2--2---|
|---------6----2--2--2---|
|---------7----4--4--4---|
|---------7----4--4--4---|
|---------5----2--2--2---|
|            |
|            |
| Bass:         |
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-0-2-0-5-5--5-2--2--2---|

[Three times, then]

 Guitar:
   D MajorD		G+G	  E MajorE	   E MajorE
|----2----------3----------0----------0-------------------|
|----3----------0----------0----------0-------------------|
|----2----------0----------1----------1-------------------|
|----0----------0----------2----------2-------------------|
|---------------2----------2----------2-------------------|
|---------------3----------0----------0-------------------|
|                             |
|                             |
| Bass:                          |
|-----------------7---7------4---4----4---4---------------|
|------7---7----5---5---5--2---2---2----2---2-------------|
|----5---5---5--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

A augmentedA                 F# minorF#m
 Life is time you spend ...

A augmentedA               F# minorF#m
 Used to fall in ...

A augmentedA          F# minorF#m
 Any guitar and any ...

D MajorD          G+G
Life is a drink, ...

   E MajorE
When ...

[As above]
Life is new and there's things ....

	A augmentedA            E MajorE
|----------0-----0-----0-----0-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------0-----0-----0-----0-----|
|-------2-----2-----2-----2--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------2-----2-----2-----2--------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
But you find out life ....

  D MajorD
But you ...
    C# minorC#m
You got time on ...
  B minorBm
And they're ..
     F#F#
make you stand ..
D MajorD                 E MajorE  A augmentedA F# minorF#m A augmentedA F# minorF#m
You're just waiting for the ....

You're feeling so great you ...

But you find out life isn't ....[*]


A augmentedA F# minorF#m  A augmentedA F# minorF#m  A augmentedA F# minorF#m A augmentedA


Bass (repeats through the 'quiet' middle part):
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--5--5---5--5---2--2---0--0--|

You're feeling so bright you can't be ....

 Guitar:
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------2---2-2-2-2-2-------------------|
|--------2----------------------0--1--2-----|
|--0--4--------------------0--4-------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
  ^Guitar 1  ^Guitar 2 ^Guitar 1

Used to fall in love ...

[Repeat guitar riff from above]

Any guitar and any bass drum

|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----2---2---2----------2----------2-----------|
|------4---4---4-2-4------4-2-4------4-2-4-----|
|--0------------------0----------0-------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

[Repeat 3 times:]
|-----5-------4-------2---------5-------|
|---7---7---5---5---3---3-----5---------|
|-7-------6-------4---------6-----------|
|-------------------------7-------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|

|-----5-------4-------2----7--7-7--7--7-7----|
|---7---7---5---5---3---3--9--9-9--9--9-9----|
|-7-------6-------4--------9--9-9--9--9-9----|
|--------------------------9--9-9--9--9-9----|
|--------------------------7--7-7--7--7-7----|
|--------------------------------------------|

A augmentedA F# minorF#m (repeat ad lib to fade)

Country -- the lights are ....


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[*] 50 quatloos to the first person who tells me what
this line really says


Mark Schnitzius
[email protected]
University of Central Florida