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When They Were Young chords by Ralph Mctell

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Introduction:
Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramDm7Dm7 Chord diagramG+G x 2

Verse 1:
Chord diagramC majorC                          Chord diagramA minorAm                      Chord diagramDm7Dm7
This is for those who were lucky enough to fall in love
     Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC
When they were young
Chord diagramC majorC                   Chord diagramA minorAm
Not just that usual teenage stuff
  Chord diagramDm7Dm7                 Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramA augmentedA fumble of feelings all fingers and tongues
Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramFF                    Chord diagramG+G
Intertwining breath  touch like trembling leaves

Verse 2:
Chord diagramC majorC                          Chord diagramA minorAm
This is for those who were really free
       Chord diagramDm7Dm7                      Chord diagramG+G
Though locked in a mutual field of vision
Chord diagramC majorC                             Chord diagramA minorAm
Each others eyes are all they see
  Chord diagramDm7Dm7                      Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramA augmentedA jail without walls  an open prison
Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramG+G
Even when apart  in earshot of the heart

Verse 3:
    Chord diagramC majorC                     Chord diagramA minorAm
And this is for those who knowing the risk
      Chord diagramDm7Dm7                 Chord diagramG+G
Threw caution to the wind of chance
Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramA minorAm
Abandoned in the singing mist
   Chord diagramDm7Dm7           Chord diagramG+G
As on the precipice they danced
Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramFF               Chord diagramG+G
Seeds of sycamore  spinning to the floor

Verse 4:
Chord diagramC majorC                         Chord diagramA minorAm
This is for those who without complaint
Chord diagramDm7Dm7          Chord diagramG+G
Lay on a bed of their own making
      Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramA minorAm
Their sated hunger left them faint
        Chord diagramDm7Dm7          Chord diagramG+G
Through fitful sleep to cruel awakening
Chord diagramFF                Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramFF                   Chord diagramG+G
For their pities sake  the cradling bough must break

Verse 5:
Chord diagramC majorC                         Chord diagramA minorAm
But this is for those who loved so strong
        Chord diagramDm7Dm7                  Chord diagramG+G
That it shattered the rocks and left them aching
Chord diagramC majorC                          Chord diagramA minorAm
Stunned into silence both deafened and dumb
       Chord diagramDm7Dm7            Chord diagramG+G
By the terrible sound of one heart breaking
Chord diagramFF                 Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramFF                    Chord diagramG+G
Charred and acrid breeze  lightening blackened trees

outro:
Chord diagramC majorC                              Chord diagramA minorAm
But this is for those who were lucky enough
           Chord diagramDm7Dm7
To fall in love
     Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC
When they were young

Outro:
Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramFF Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramC majorC

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