When I Was Young

Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 17:32:20 
-0400
From: Andrew Rogers


Intro:

        Em
        /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

        [5X: 1: bass (eighth notes) 
w/cymbal
             2: electric guitar 
(tune low E down to D and back up)
             3: acoustic guitar 
enters
             4: violin enters]

Verse 1:

             Em               
        The rooms were so much 
  D
colder then
            Em           D
        My father was a soldier then
             Em              D
        And times were very hard
                    Em
        When I was young

        Riff 1 [guitar and violin, 
arranged for two guitars]:

        (Em)
         v          v          v    
      v             v
        ------------12-14-12---10-
        ------------10-12-10---8--
        --------------------------
        --------------------------
        --------------------------
        --------------------------

 |12-10---9--10--9----|-7--| 
 |10-8----7--8---7----|-5--| 
 |--------------------|----| 
 |--------------------|----| 
 |--------------------|----| 
 |--------------------|----| 

        (young)

             /D     Em   [Riff 1]
        When I was young

Verse 2:

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        I smoked my first cigarette 
at ten
        And for girls I had a bad 
yen
        And I had quite a ball
        When I was young [Riff 1]

        Em
        / / / /  / / / /

Bridge:

             G                   
        When I was young it was more
Em
 important
        Pain, more pain, but I 
                         D
laughed so much louder, yeah
                    Em
        When I was young [Riff 1]
            (D)     Em
        When I was young [Riff 1]

Verse 3:

        I met my first love at 
thirteen
        She was brown and I was 
pretty green
        And I learned quite a lot
        When I was young [Riff 1]
            /D      Em [N.C.]
        When I was young

Instrumental break:

        [key changes to Gm]:

        Gm       F       [3X]
        / / / /  / / / /
        Gm
        / / / /  / / / /

Chorus [in Bb]

             Bb                  
        When I was young it was more
Gm
 important
        Pain, more pain, though I 
                         F
laughed so much louder, yeah
                    Gm
        When I was young

        Riff 2 [guitar and violin, 
arranged for two guitars]:

        (Gm)
         v          v          v    
      v             v
        ------------15-17-15---14-
        ------------13-15-13---11-
        --------------------------
        --------------------------
        --------------------------
        --------------------------

 |15-14---12-14--12---|-10-| 
 |13-11---10-11--10---|-8--| 
 |--------------------|----| 
 |--------------------|----| 
 |--------------------|----| 
 |--------------------|----| 

        (young)                *    
 *       *  parts do not always 
track
                                    
            in parallel fifths

                    Gm  [N.C.]
        When I was young

Verse 4 [chords implied by bass]:

             Gm             
        My faith was so much 
    F
stronger then
        Gm             F
        I believed in fellow men
        Gm                 F
        And I was so much older then
                    Gm  [acoustic 
guitar strums Gm chord; violin 
enters]
        When I was young
        When I was young

Coda:

        [band re-enters]

        (Gm)
        When I was young  [repeat to
 fade]

-- another ace 60's tab from 

-|Andrew Rogers