E A F#m


[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]

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[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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