My Back Pages - Ver 4

E Esus4 E Esus4 4x E C#m G#m Crimson flames tied through my ears A B E Esus4 E Rollin' high and mighty trap E C#m G#m Countless fire on flaming road A B Using ideas as my maps C#m G#m "We'll meet on edges, soon," said I A B Proud 'neath heated brow. E A E Ah, but I was so much older then, A B E Esus4 E Esus4 E I'm younger than that now. E C#m G#m Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth A B E Esus4 E "Rip down all hate," I screamed E C#m G#m Lies that life is black and white A B Spoke from my skull. I dreamed C#m G#m Romantic flanks of Musketeers A B Foundationed deep, somehow. E A E Ah, but I was so much older then, A B E Esus4 E Esus4 E I'm younger than that now. E C#m G#m Girls' faces formed the forward path A B E Esus4 E From phony jealousy E C#m G#m To memorizing politics A B Of ancient history C#m G#m Flung down by corpse evangelists A B Unthought of, though, somehow. E A E Ah, but I was so much older then, A B E Esus4 E Esus4 E I'm younger than that now. E C#m G#m A B E Esus4 E E C#m G#m A B C#m G#m A B E A E A B E Esus4 E Esus4 E E C#m G#m A self-ordained professor's tongue A B E Esus4 E Too serious to fool E C#m G#m Spouted out that liberty A B Is just equality in school C#m G#m "Equality," I spoke the word A B As if a wedding vow. E A E Ah, but I was so much older then, A B E Esus4 E Esus4 E I'm younger than that now. E C#m G#m In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand A B E Esus4 E At the mongrel dogs who teach E C#m G#m Fearing not I'd become my enemy A B In the instant that I preach C#m G#m My existence led by confusion boats A B Mutiny from stern to bow. E A E Ah, but I was so much older then, A B E Esus4 E Esus4 E I'm younger than that now. E C#m G#m My guard stood hard when abstract threats A B E Esus4 E Too noble to neglect E C#m G#m Deceived me into thinking A B I had something to protect C#m G#m Good and bad, I define these terms A B Quite clear, no doubt, somehow. E A E Ah, but I was so much older then, A B E Esus4 E Esus4 E I'm younger than that now. E C#m G#m A B E Esus4 E E C#m G#m A B C#m G#m A B E A E Ah, but I was so much older then, A B E Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E I'm younger than that now.