When I Was Young

G — 320033
G* — hammer on A string: 300033 to G
 (320033)
Bm — 224432
A — x02220
Em — 022000
Gadd9 — 320035 (just play a regular 
G if this is too much of a stretch)
Dsus2 — hammer on E string:  x00230 
to D (x00232)

Intro:
D       Dsus4   D       Dsus4   D

        D               G       D
When I was young there was fire in 
my lungs,
        Bm              A       G*
and I just wanted someone to listen
D                       G        
Some ears to ignite with my pen 
       D
and my tongue,
        Bm              A       G*
Well I knew it was all just a wish…
        Bm              A     
But that don’t mean it couldn’t 
  G* …
exist

D                       G       
Just seventeen, yeah I gave up my 
D
gun
        Bm              A       G*
to play my guitar in the trenches
        D                 
So I sang in the face of a 
      G       D
man-eating sun,
        Bm      A       G*
That Florida heat is a bitch,
        Bm              A       D
But I wouldn’t trade nothing for it

[Intro]

G*              D
When I was young…
G*              D
When I was young…
                A               G 
I got myself broke and beat down, 
      D
but stood up
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                A               G 
left too many words on the tip of 
      D
my tongue,
                A               G 
But oh, I was singing at the top 
      Bm
of my lungs,
G* …
every night.

D                       G        
Spinning wheels turning, I fell 
       D
into love,
        Bm              
swallowed up in a sea of 
A       G
forgiveness,
                D
I’ve got a crooked killer heart,
        G               D
I’ve got, bastard blood,
        Bm      A       G
But my God, oh my God, I forget,
        Bm                   
And you keep paying for these 
   A       D
second-hand sins

G               D
When I was young…
G               D
When I was young…
                A               G 
I was hiding in corners to stay 
      D
out of sight
                A               
Giving my best but still falling 
G       D
behind
                A               D 
      Bm      A
   G
But I was reborn in the dust and the
 pines, oh my…
        D
When I was young

Bm                      G        
Oh and now I’m, getting pushed 
               D
and pulled apart
Bm                      G        
And I don’t know, where it ends 
               D
or where it starts
                        Em   
And all of those neon lights, 
                   G
outside of my window
                Em               
Tell me it’s not eleven yet, it’s 
               G
getting close, though
                Bm      A       G
And now I just don’t know what… 
       Gadd9
to do

D                               G
Then I said, “Matt, you just 
       D
gotta get back
        Bm              A       G
to those nights when you sat on the 
cause-way”
        D                       G 
All you had was six strings and a 
      D
heart that beat
        Bm              A      
and you knew that it had to mean 
         G
something,
        Bm              A         
Yeah, you knew that it had to mean
      G
 something,
        Bm              A     

I just knew it was better than 
  G       (A)
nothing,

G               D
When I was young…
G               D
When I was young…
                        A       
We played rock and roll music on 
G       D
broken guitars,
                        A       
Spent the whole night laying out 
G       D
under stars,
                        A        
She told me she loved me with her 
       G       D
hand on her heart,
                        A      
Now I’m turning these pages and 
         G       D
holding on tight

                A       G     
Living this life like I’m never 
  D
gonna die,
                A       G     
Living this life like I’m never 
  D
gonna die,
                A       G         
   Bm    A
G       Gadd9
Living this life like I’m never 
gonna die, die, die…
D       Dsus4   D               
When I was young
        Dsus2   D