When They Were Young chords by Ralph Mctell
Guitar chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Introduction:
C Am Dm7 G x 2
Verse 1:
C Am Dm7
This is for those who were lucky enough to fall in love
G C
When they were young
C Am
Not just that usual teenage stuff
Dm7 G
A fumble of feelings all fingers and tongues
F G F G
Intertwining breath touch like trembling leaves
Verse 2:
C Am
This is for those who were really free
Dm7 G
Though locked in a mutual field of vision
C Am
Each others eyes are all they see
Dm7 G
A jail without walls an open prison
F G F G
Even when apart in earshot of the heart
Verse 3:
C Am
And this is for those who knowing the risk
Dm7 G
Threw caution to the wind of chance
C Am
Abandoned in the singing mist
Dm7 G
As on the precipice they danced
F G F G
Seeds of sycamore spinning to the floor
Verse 4:
C Am
This is for those who without complaint
Dm7 G
Lay on a bed of their own making
C Am
Their sated hunger left them faint
Dm7 G
Through fitful sleep to cruel awakening
F G F G
For their pities sake the cradling bough must break
Verse 5:
C Am
But this is for those who loved so strong
Dm7 G
That it shattered the rocks and left them aching
C Am
Stunned into silence both deafened and dumb
Dm7 G
By the terrible sound of one heart breaking
F G F G
Charred and acrid breeze lightening blackened trees
outro:
C Am
But this is for those who were lucky enough
Dm7
To fall in love
G C
When they were young
Outro:
C F C G C Last updated:
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