• Song:

    I Was Never Young

  • Artist:

    Of Montreal

  • Album:

    Sunlandic Twins, The

I was never young - of Montreal


A           C
A    C    D

A

A                            C
I was never young, even as a child
     A 
Said I was never young
                   C
I've always felt beguiled
    D            A
Oh, I just never smiled

    Bbaug      Bm
But you have a glow
        Dnaj7                  G
From an inner sense I'll never know


Because I was never young, even as a boy
No, I was never young
Kindness seemed no ploy to temper or annoy

But you, you have a mind
Full of wonderment I'll never find
Because I was never young



F    Bb
F    Bb
Ab   Db Eb


F           
Ever since I was a kid
     Bb
I've been a brooding basket case
F           
Ever since I was a kid
     Bb
I've been a brooding basket case

Ab         Db  Eb



A


Intro:(0:03)

Two guitars tabbed for one

Guitar
   A                                                  C 
e|------------------------12/14\9-----12/14\9-----10/12\8----12--10--|
b|------------------------------------------------8-/10\8----13--12--|
g|-12/14\9----12/14\9-----12/14\9-----12/14\9------------------------|
d|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

   A              C                   D
e|-12/14\9-----10/12\8-----12--10--12/14\10-----10---14---|
b|-------------8-/10\8-----13--12--10/12\10-----10---15---|
g|-12/14\9------------------------------------------------|
d|--------------------------------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|

(0:35)
Different guitar
   A*             A*             A*
e|-------------------------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------------------------|
g|-6--66----------6--66----------6--66-------------|
d|-7--77---77775--7--77---77775--7--77---77775-----|
a|-7--77-5------7-7--77-5------7-7--77-5------7----|
e|-5--55----------5--55----------5--55-------------|


Verse:(0:44)

A*= riff on A
C*= riff on C
D*= riff on D

   A*
e|----------------|
b|----------------|    
g|-6--66----------|    
d|-7--77---77775--| x3 
a|-7--77-5------7-|    
e|-5--55----------|    

   C*
e|--------------------------|
b|--------------------------|
g|-9---9-9------------------|
d|-10--1010----101010108----|  x2
a|-10--1010-10----------10--|
e|-8---8-8------------------|

A* x3

C* x2


   D*
e|---------------------|
b|---------------------|
g|-11---1111-----------|
d|-12---1212---------7-|  x1
a|-12---1212-12-99997--|
e|-10---1010-----------|

A* x2


Chorus:(1:09)

   Bbaug   Bm      Dmaj7   G
e|-6-------7-------9-------10-10---10---12-10--|
b|-7-------7-------7-------12-12---12---10-12--|
g|-7-------7-------7-------12-12---12------12--|
d|---------------------------------------------|
a|---------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------|


Verse 2(1:18)

The same as verse 1

Chorus(1:43)


Verse 3:(1:51) - instrumental


A* x6
C* x2
A* x3
C* x2
D* x1
A* x2


Brass
   A*                     C*                      D*
e|-9-9-9-9-7------------|-1212121210------------|-1414141412------------|
b|-101010108-8--10-1010-|-131313131111--13-1313-|-151515151313--15-1515-|
g|-----------9----------|-----------12----------|-----------14----------|
d|----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
a|----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
e|----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|


(2:03)
Keyboard(listen for which to hold over and which not to)
    C*   C*    A*    A*   A*        C*   C*    D*   A*
e|-------17-15-12------------------------17-15-14---12------|
b|-/13---------14-------------------13---------15---14------|
g|-/12------14----------------------12------14--------------|
d|----------------------------------------------------------|
a|----------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar
e|------------------------9---------------------------------|
b|--------------2~--s5~---10-10-8-6-5-----------------------|
g|---------------------------12-9-7-5-----------------------|
d|----------------------------------------------------------|
a|----------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------|





Chorus(2:23)

Pre-bridge:(2:32)

A* x3

Guitar(louder, probably double-tracked)
   A           C
e|-------------------|
b|-------------------|
g|-------------------|
d|-77775555----------|
a|---------77775555--|
e|-------------------|
Guitar 3(from bridge)
e|-------------8-----|
b|-------------8-----|
g|-------------9-----|
d|-------------------|
a|-------------------|
e|-------------------|




Bridge:(2:39)

Guitar 1
   F                    Bb
e|------------------------------8-8/10-8-----|
b|---------8-8/10-8-6-6h8-6-6----------------|
g|-7-5-5----------------------7--------------|
d|-------7-----------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------------|
b|----------------------8-6-8-6-8---6--8-6---|
g|-7-5-7-5-7---5--7-5------------------------|
d|-------------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------|
Guitar 3
e|-5--------------8-----6--------------------|
b|-6--------------10----6--------------------|
g|-5--------------10----7--------------------|
d|-------------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------|

x3

Guitar 1
   Ab                Db      Eb
e|-8-6-4-6-4-6-6/8-6-4-6-4-4---8-6-8---|
b|-------------------------------------|
g|-------------------------------------|
d|-------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
e|------------------/9------/11--------|
b|-4---4---4-----4-----9---9---11--11--|
g|---5---5---5-----5-----10------12----|
d|-------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|
Guitar 3
e|-4-----------------4-------6---------|
b|-4-----------------6-------8---------|
g|-5-----------------6-------8---------|
d|-------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|

Repeat the bridge(with vocals)

Outro:(3:18)

A* x3

Then pre-bridge without Guitar 3 then

Guitar(with effects)
   A
e|-5----------|
b|-5----------|
g|-6----------|
d|-7----------|
a|------------|
e|------------|
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