When I Was Young

Em Em D Em D Rooms were so much colder then, my father was a soldier then Em D Em D Em Times were very hard when I was young, when I was young Em D Em D I smoked my first cigarette at ten and the girls, I had a bad yen Em D Em D Em I had quite a ball when I was young G Em G Em When I was young, it was more important, pain more painful and laughter lots louder D Em D Em Yeah, when I was young, when I was young Em D Em D I met my first love at thirteen, he was brown and I was pretty green Em D Em D Em And I learned quite a lot when I was young, when I was young KEY CHANGE: BREAK: Gm F 3x Gm Bb Gm Bb Gm When I was young, it was more important, pain more painful and laughter lots louder F Gm F Gm Yeah, when I was young, when I was young VERSE 4 (vocal to fade): Gm F Gm F My faith was so much stronger then, I believed in fellow men Gm F Gm Gm And I was so much older then, when I was young, when I was young Gm When I was young, when I was young, when I was young, when I was young, when I was young