When I Was Young
Burdon, Briggs, Weider, Jenkins, McCulloch / Eric Burdon & the new Animals
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| | | | | The | rooms were so much | colder then; |
| Em | D | Em | D |
| My | father was a | soldier then; And | times were very | hard |
| Em | (riff) | Em/D | Em | (riff) |
| When I was | young | - When | I was | young | |
| 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 | |
| G | Em |
| When | I was young it was | more important |
| G | Em | D |
| Pain more painful, | laughter much louder, | yeah |
| Em | (riff) | D | Em | (riff) |
| When I was | young | - When | I was | young | |
| 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 - When I was young | |
| Gm | | F | Gm | | F | Gm | | F | | Gm |
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| Bb | Gm |
| When | I was young it was | more important |
| Bb | Gm | F |
| Pain more painful, | laughter much louder, | yeah |
| Gm | (riff) |
| When I was | young | |
| Gm | F | Gm | F |
| My | faith was so much | stronger then; | I believed in | fellow men |
| Gm | F | Gm |
| And I was so much | older then - When I was | young |
| F | Gm |
| When I was | young - When I was young... |
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