THESE IMPORTANT YEARS  (Bob Mould) 

Chords:

G  320033    F 133211    Am X02210    Asus4 X02230    Em 022000

B5 X244XX   C5 X355XX    D5 X577XXX   D5/B  7577XX    C  X32010

Intro Riff (brackets indicate ghost notes):

        G             F      Am          F   Am              D
e:----------3---3---|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B:----------3---3---|------------------|----(1)-(1)--0-----|-3---3---3(3-3-3)--|
G:----------0---0---|(2)(2)--2---2-2---|(2)--2---2-----2---|-2---2---4p2p0h2---|
D:----------0-------|-3--3---2---2-2---|-3---2---2-----0---|-0---0---0(0-0-0)--|
A:-10-\-2---2-------|-3--3---0---0-0---|-3---0---0---------|-------------------|
E:------3---3-------|(1)(1)------------|(1)----------------|-------------------|

G                     F      Am          F   Am              D
e:-----3------3-3---|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B:-----3------3-3---|------------------|----(1)-(1)--0-----|-3---3---3(3-3-3)--|
G:-----0------0-0---|(2)(2)--2---2-2---|(2)--2---2-----2---|-2---2---4p2p0h2---|
D:-0---0------0-0---|-3--3---2---2-2---|-3---2---2-----0---|-0---0---0(0-0-0)--|
A:-2---2------------|-3--3---0---0-0---|-3---0---0---------|-------------------|
E:-3---3------------|(1)(1)------------|(1)----------------|-------------------|

|------------------------------- Play three times -----------------------------|

G                      Em
Well, you get up every morning
C5
And you see, it's still the

   Am(Riff)
e:-0---------0-0-0---|
B:-1---1---3-1-0-1---|
G:-2---2---2-2-2-2---|
D:-2---2---2-2-2-2---|
A:-0---0-------------|
E:-------------------|
   same

G                  Em
All the floors and all the walls
C5                 Am(Riff)
And all the rest remains
G               Em
Nothing changes fast enough
C5               Am(Riff)
The hurry, worry days
G                    Em
It makes you want to give it up
C5               Am(Riff)
And drift into a haze

B5  C5      D5       D5/B
Revelations seems to be another way
B5                  C5
To make the days go faster any-
   D(Riff)
e:-----------------------------------|
B:-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-----3---3---3---|
G:-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---4-2---0---2---|
D:-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-------0---|
A:-----------------------------------|
E:-----------------------------------|
  -ways

G                    Em
We're all exchanging pleasantries
   C5            Am(Riff)
No matter how we feel
G                    Em
And no one knows the difference
          C5             Am(Riff)
'Cause it all seems so unreal
      G             Em
You'd better grab a hold of something
C5               Am(Riff)
Simple but it's true
             G                 Em
If you don't stop to smell the roses now
C5                   Am(Riff)
They might end up on you

B5   C5           D5       D5/B             B5
Expectations only mean you really think you know
       C5                   D(Riff)
What's coming next, and you don't

G                    Am
Yearbooks with their autographs
     C
From friends you might have

   D(Riff 2)
e:---------------|
B:-3---3---3-3---|
G:-2---4---4-2---|
D:-0---0---0-0---|
A:---------------|
E:---------------|
   had

G                Am
These are your important years
      C                D(Riff 2)
You'd better make them last
G              Am               C          D(Riff 2)
Falling in and out of love just like...
G              Am                    C     D
These are your important years, your life

Break:

   G
e:-----3---3-3-3-3-----------3-3-3-3-------3---3-3-3-3-------3---3-3-3-3-|
B:-----3---3-3-3-3-----------3-3-3-3-------3---3-3-3-3-------3---3-3-3-3-|
G:-----0---0-0-0-0-----------0-0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0-0-------0---0-0-0-0-|
D:-----0---0-0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0-0-|
A:-2---2---2-2-2-2---2---3-------------------------------3---------------|
E:-3---3---3-3-3-3-------------------------------------------------------|

 |------------------------ play three times -----------------------------|


e:-----3---3-3-3-3-------3---3-3-3-3---------------------------3-|
B:-----3---3-3-3-3-------3---3-3-3-3---------------------------3-|
G:-----0---0-0-0-0-------0---0-0-0-0---0-----------------------0-|
D:-----0---0-0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0-0-------0-------------------0-|
A:-2---2---2-2-2-2---2-------------------------3---2---3---2---2-|
E:-3---3---3-3-3-3---------------------------------------------3-|

B5          C5       D5         D5/B
Once you've seen the light, you finally
B5         C5               D(Riff)
Realize it might end up all right

It might end up all right now

G                    Am
Yearbooks with their autographs
     C                      D(Riff 2)
From friends you might have had
G                Am
These are your important years
      C                D(Riff 2)
You'd better make them last
    G              Am               C      D(Riff 2)
And falling in and out of love just like...
G              Am                    C     D(Riff 2)
These are your important years, your life

G  Am  C  D(Riff 2)   (played four times)

G                Am                  C     D(Riff 2)  |(played four
These are your important years, your life             | times)

G  Am  C  D(Riff 2)   (played four times)

G(hold).


Not my tab.Found it lying around on cyberspace so I figured I should share it