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[Verse 1]
[D]Cri[Dsus4]mson flam[D]es[Dsus4][D][Bm]
[F#m]tied through my ears
[G]Rollin' high and [A]mighty [D]traps
Pounced with [Bm]fire [F#m]on flaming roads
Using [G]ideas as my [A]maps
"We'll [Bm]meet on edges,
[F#m]soon," said I
[G]Proud 'neath heated [A]brow
Ah, but [D]I was so m[G]uch o[D]lder then
I'm [G]younger [A]than that now[D]

[Verse 2]
[D]
Half- wracked [Bm]prejudice [F#m]leaped forth
"Rip [G]down all [A]hate," I [D]screamed
Lies [Bm]that life is [F#m]black and white
Spoke [G]from my skull, I [A]dreamed
Ro[Bm]mantic facts of [F#m]musketeers
[G]
Foundationed deep, some[A]how
Ah, but [D]I was so m[G]uch o[D]lder then
I'm [G]younger [A]than that now
[D]

[Verse 3]
In a soldier's stance,
[Bm]I ai[F#m]med my hand
[G]At the mongrel [A]dogs who [D]teach
Fearing not that I'd
[Bm]become [F#m]my enemy
In the [G]instant that I [A]preach
My ex[Bm]istence led by con[F#m]fusion boats
[G]Mutiny from stern [A]to bow
Ah, but [D]I was so m[G]uch older t[D]hen
I'm [G]young[A]er than that now
[D]

[Verse 4]
My guard stood [Bm]hard
when [F#m]abstract threats
Too [G]noble [A]to [D]neglect
Deceived [Bm]me into[F#m] thinking
I had [G]something to [A]protect
[Bm]Good and bad, I defi[F#m]ne these terms
Quite [G]clear, no doubt, [A]somehow
Ah, but I [D]was so much [G]older [D]then
I'm [G]younger [A]than [D]that [Dsus4]now[D]

[Verse 5]
Ah, but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now