based on an accoustic live version
(Em)riff;
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[intro]
keep playing it till the first D
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[verse]
D
The rooms were so much colder then
Em D
My father was a soldier then
Em D
And times were very hard,
Em
When I was young, (Em riff)
D Em
when I was young (Em riff)
[verse]
Em D
I smoked my first cigarette at ten
Em D
And for girls, I had a bad yen
Em D
And I had quite a ball,
Em
When I was young (Em riff)
D Em
when I was young (Em riff)
[chorus]
G Em
When I was young, life was more important
G
Pain more painful
Em D Dsus4 D
and Laughter much louder, yeah,
Em
when I was young (Em riff)
D Em
When I was young (Em riff)
[verse]
Em D
I met my first love at thirteen
Em D
She was brown and I was pretty green
Em D Em
And I learned quite a lot when I was young,(Em riff)
D Em
When I was young (Em riff)
[intrumental]
Em D Dsus4 D 2x Em D
[chorus]
G Em
When I was young, life was more important
G
Pain more painful
Em D Dsus4 D
and laughter much louder, yeah------------
Em
when I was young,(Em riff)
D Em
when I was young(Em riff)
[verse]
Em D
My faith was so much stronger then
Em D
I believed in my fellow men
Em D Dsus4 D
And I was so much older then,--------------
Em
When I was young(Em riff)
D Em
when I was young (Em riff)
D Em
[end]