When They Were Young

C                          Am    
This is for those who were lucky 
                  Dm7
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          
Intertwining breath  touch like 
          G
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            
Even when apart  in earshot of the 
  G
heart

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[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             
Seeds of sycamore  spinning to the 
  G
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    
For their pities sake  the 
               G
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     
Charred and acrid breeze  
               G
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