When I Was Young

Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 17:32:20 -0400
From: Andrew Rogers 


Intro:

        Em
        /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

        [5X: 1: bass (eighth notes) w/cymbal
             2: electric guitar (tune low E down to D and back up)
             3: acoustic guitar enters
             4: violin enters]

Verse 1:

             Em                 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

        Riff 1 [guitar and violin, arranged for two guitars]:

        (Em)
         v          v          v          v             v
        ------------12-14-12---10-12-10---9--10--9----|-7--|
        ------------10-12-10---8--10-8----7--8---7----|-5--|
        ----------------------------------------------|----|
        ----------------------------------------------|----|
        ----------------------------------------------|----|
        ----------------------------------------------|----|
        (young)

             /D     Em   [Riff 1]
        When I was young

Verse 2:

        I smoked my first cigarette at ten
        And for girls I had a bad yen
        And I had quite a ball
        When I was young [Riff 1]

        Em
        / / / /  / / / /

Bridge:

             G                   Em
        When I was young it was more important
                                                        D
        Pain, more pain, but I laughed so much louder, yeah
                    Em
        When I was young [Riff 1]
            (D)     Em
        When I was young [Riff 1]

Verse 3:

        I met my first love at thirteen
        She was brown and I was pretty green
        And I learned quite a lot
        When I was young [Riff 1]
            /D      Em [N.C.]
        When I was young

Instrumental break:

        [key changes to Gm]:

        Gm       F       [3X]
        / / / /  / / / /
        Gm
        / / / /  / / / /

Chorus [in Bb]

             Bb                  Gm
        When I was young it was more important
                                                           F
        Pain, more pain, though I laughed so much louder, yeah
                    Gm
        When I was young

        Riff 2 [guitar and violin, arranged for two guitars]:

        (Gm)
         v          v          v          v             v
        ------------15-17-15---14-15-14---12-14--12---|-10-|
        ------------13-15-13---11-13-11---10-11--10---|-8--|
        ----------------------------------------------|----|
        ----------------------------------------------|----|
        ----------------------------------------------|----|
        ----------------------------------------------|----|
        (young)                *     *       *  parts do not always track
                                                in parallel fifths

                    Gm  [N.C.]
        When I was young

Verse 4 [chords implied by bass]:

             Gm                 F
        My faith was so much stronger then
        Gm             F
        I believed in fellow men
        Gm                 F
        And I was so much older then
                    Gm  [acoustic guitar strums Gm chord; violin enters]
        When I was young
        When I was young

Coda:

        [band re-enters]

        (Gm)
        When I was young  [repeat to fade]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers