A     E                    A    E                 Bm   D                  Bm  E
Nineteen is not the age of reason. I didn’t have a reason  for settin’ you free.
 A       E                  A  E               Bm       D
I’ve seen a lotta love go sour. But that’s not our love.
             Bm        E N.C.              A  E  (x2)
You see the problem was — I was only nineteen.

[Verse 2]
E                  A      E                    A         E
Yeah, I was only nineteen. I finished up with high school.
E            Bm          D               Bm  E
Headed to a state school — wandered into you.
 A         E               A    E          Bm             D
Big screen — kissin’ in a movie. God, you moved me around.
        Bm            E N.C.                  A  E  (x2)
We got seriously down.   But I was only nineteen.

[Pre-chorus]
Bm                         Bm C#m D                    D
   All I ever wanted to do          was lie around in bed with you.

[Chorus]
N.C.         A      E                 A  E
I was only nineteen. I was only nineteen.
N.C.         A      E                 A  E
I was only nineteen. I was only nineteen.

[Break]
A  E  (x2)  Bm  D  Bm  E

[Verse 3]
 A       E                Bm      A            Bm            D
I’ve seen a lotta love go bad now.  That’s not how our affair
               Bm          E N.C.                  A  E A E
would’ve wound up, I swear.    But I was only nineteen.

[Pre-chorus]
Bm                         Bm C#m D                    D
   All I ever wanted to do          was lie around in bed with you.

[Chorus]
N.C.         A      E                 A  E
I was only nineteen. I was only nineteen.
N.C.         A      E                 A  E
I was only nineteen. I was only nineteen.

[Outro]
             A      E                 A  E                 A  E  A   E
I was only nineteen. I was only nineteen.  I was only ninetee—ee—ee—een.

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