E5                 D5
The rooms were so much colder then
   E5           D5
My father was a soldier then
    E5              D5
And times were very hard,
           E5
When I was young, when I was young

  E5                  D5
I smoked my first cigarette at ten
    E5           D5
And for girls, I had a bad yen
    E5            D5
And I had quite a ball,
           E5
When I was young

     G5                   E5            
When I was young, it was more important
D5
Pain more painful
E5
Laughter much louder
                 D5
Yeah, when I was young
           E5
When I was young

  E5                D5
I met my first love at thirteen 
E5                D5
She was brown and I was pretty green 
    E5                D5              E5
And I learned quite a lot when I was young, When I was young

G5 F5 3x

     Bb5                  B5
When I was young, it was more important
Bb5
Pain more painful
B5
Laughter much louder
F5                G5
Yeah, when I was young, when I was young

   G5                F5
My faith was so much stronger then
G5               F5
I believed in my fellow men
    G5            F5
And I was so much older then,
           G5
When I was young 3x

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