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Beginner πΆ
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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
πΈ Intro: (whistling)
C F
Am G
C F
Am G
πΈ Verse 1:
C F
When sadness fills your heart
Am G
And sorrow hides the longing to be free
C F
When things go wrong with each day
Am G
You fix your mind to 'scape your misery
πΈ Chorus:
F
Your troubled young life
C
Had made you turn
C F G
To the needle of death
πΈ Verse 2:
C F
How strange, your happy words
Am G
Have ceased to bring a smile from everyone
C F
How tears have filled the eyes
Am G
Of friends that you once walked among
πΈ Chorus:
F
Your troubled young life
C
Had made you turn
C F G
To the needle of death
πΈ Verse 2:
C F
One grain of pure white snow
Am G
Dissolved in blood spread quickly to your brain
In peace your mind withdraws
Am G
Your death so near your soul can't feel no pain
πΈ Chorus:
F
Your troubled young life
C
Had made you turn
C F G
To the needle of death
πΈ Verse 3:
C F
Your mother stands a'cryin'
Am G
While to the earth your body's slowly cast
C F
Your father stands in silence
Am G
Caressing every young dream of the past
πΈ Chorus:
F
And your troubled young life
C
Had made you turn
C F G
To the needle of death
πΈ Verse 4:
C F
Through ages, man's desires
Am G
To free his mind, to releave his very soul
C F
Has proved to all who live
Am G
That death itself is freedom for evermore
πΈ Chorus:
F
And your troubled young life
C
Had made you turn
C F G
To the needle of death
πΈ Outro:
F
And your troubled young life
C
Had made you turn
C F G
To the needle of death
Song History
Published: August 25, 2021
Last Updated: September 10, 2025