If I Were Young Again chords by James Hilton-Cowboy

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: G

*Strum & Pause

Intro:

 Am  D  G  C G*

Verse 1:
                     C      D                            G   G
Oh, If I Were Young Again…   I’d run ‘til the daylights gone
G                          C              D                             G  C G
 Wouldn’t think ‘bout the morning aches…   or them night that drag too long
G                           C       D                             Em   D C
 These bruised and swollen ankles…   tell a truth my pride won’t sa--ay
C                  G       D                          G   C G
 But I’ll keep on movin’…   though the years get in my way

Chorus 1:
G                             C                              D
 Yeah my knees squeak like a po-orch…   when the wind rolls through
                            G                        Em
And my back’s been talkin’ mo-ore…   than it used to do
                     Am                        D
It’s one damn thing after another… feels like all at once
       G            D/F#   G/B       C        Em
But I still wake up swingin’… ‘cause I ain’t done
                C              D
My legs may be weak…   but my heart’s still strong
           G                        C      Em  G D/F# C  D
And these tried old bones…   keep rambling’ on

Verse 2:
G*               C       D                      G   C G
 Every step’s a memory…   of the miles I left behind
G                     Am7    D                               G  C G
 Some were smooth and easy…   some near broke this heart of mine
G            D/F#  C           D                            Em  D C
 The fire in me's dimmer now…   but it still burns slow and true
C                    G                       C           D           G  C G
 You can take my youth, Lord…   but I ain’t done what I came here to do

Chorus 2:
G                     D/F#    C                              D
 Yeah my knees squeak like a po-orch…   when the wind rolls through
                            G                D/F#     Em
And my back’s been talkin’ mo-ore…   than it used to do
                     Am                        D
It’s one damn thing after another… feels like all at once
       G            D/F#   G/B       C        Em
But I still wake up swingin’… ‘cause I ain’t done
    C                          D
My legs may be weak…   but my heart’s still strong
           G        D/F#           Em         D/F# C  D  G
And these tried old bones…   keep rambling’ on

Bridge:
G                        C    D                           G   C G
 I’ve seen love come and go…   and friends fade like the light
G                           C          D                            G   C G
 I’ve learned the sweetest victories…   don’t always come from the fight
G                     C            D                       Em  D C
 So I’ll sit on this porch swing…   watch the sun rise and set
C                       G       D                          G  C G
 With a heart full of stories…   I ain’t finished telling yet

Chorus 3:
G                             C                              D
 Yeah my knees squeak like a po-orch…   when the wind rolls through
                            G                D/F#    Em
And my back’s been talkin’ mo-ore…   than it used to do
                     Am                        D
It’s one damn thing after another… feels like all at once
       G            D/F#   G/B       C        Em
But I still wake up swingin’… ‘cause I ain’t done
    C          G/B             D
My legs may be weak…   but my heart’s still strong
           G                       Em        D/F# Em D/F# C*  D*  G*
And these tried old bones…   keep rambling’ on