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[Verse]
F#m E
The rooms were so much colder then
F#m E
my father was a soldier then and
D E F#m
times were very hard when I was young
E
I smoked my first cigarette at ten
F#m E
and the girls I had a bad yen
D E F#m
and I had quite a ball when I was young
[Chorus]
A F#m
When I was young it was more important
A F#m
paid more pain but the laughter much louder
E F#m
yeah when I was young
[Verse 2]
F#m E F#m E
Met my first love at thirteen she was brown and I was pretty green
D E F#m
I learned quite a lot when I was young
F#m E
The rooms were so much colder then
F#m E
my father was a soldier then and
D E F#m
times were very hard when I was young
[Chorus 2]
A F#m
When I was young it was more important
A F#m
paid more pain but the laughter much louder
E F#m
yeah when I was young
[Solo]
Am G Am G Am G Am
[Chorus 3]
C Am
When I was young it was more important
C Am
paid more pain but the laughter much louder
G Am
yeah when I was young
[Verse 3]
Am G Am G
My faith was so much stronger then I believed in fellow men
F Em D
and I was so much older then when I was young
When I was young
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when I was young
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