WHEN I WAS YOUNG   (Animals)
 
 
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The rooms were so much colder then
   Em            D
My father was a soldier then
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And times were very hard
            Em
When I was young
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When I was young


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


     G                  Em
When I was young it was more important
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Pain, more pain, but I laughed so much louder, yeah
            Em
When I was young
     D      Em
When I was young 


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I met my first love at thirteen
 Em               D 
She was brown and I was pretty green
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And I learned quite a lot
             Em
When I was young 
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When I was young

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


    Gm                 F
My faith was so much stronger then
Gm               F
  I believed in fellow men
    Gm             F
And I was so much older then
            Gm 
When I was young
            Gm
When I was young


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