INTRO: B5 F#5 G5 D5 G5 D5 A5

 B5                  F#5
Don't write me no more letters
 G5                   D5
My mailbox is full of bombs
       G5                 D5           A5
Between you and the kooks on my block
      B5                    F#5
I don't remember the good times
        G5                    D5
I wasn't there and you were kind
       G5              D5            A5
And my wife has some dogs in our yard
     G5                D5          A5        B5 
And I cannot hold a candle for every pretty girl
       G5                   D5
We were strangers many hours
        A5
And I missed you for so long
             B5                  A5       
When we were lions, lovers in combat
                G5                          D5 - A5 - G5
Faded like your name on those jeans that I burned
           D5    A5   
But I am older now
          B5                G5
And we did it when we were young
         D5   A5 
I am older now
          B5                G5
And we did it when we were young  

*Repeat the exact pattern as the first half of the song*
 
There are no reasons to believe
I buried my faith in an unmarked plot
With your heart and your clothes
When I find that I don't feel you or recall
I'll put your bones out in the yard
Someone else to be called and called by
And I cannot hold a candle for every pretty girl
We were strangers many hours
And I missed you for so long
When we were lions, lovers in combat
Faded like your name on those jeans that I burned
But I am older now
And we did it when we were young
I am older now
And we did it when we were young
I am older now
And we did it when we were young
I am older now

*A note, they hold out the last line of the chorus by playing*
         B5    A5             D5 
And we did it when we were young