When I Was Young Chords - The Animals

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

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(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 Instr 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

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(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