When I Was Young Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][E][Em][E]
[Em]Was so much colder

[Verse 1]
[D]then,
[E]My father [Em]was [E]a so[D]ldier then.
[C]And times were very [D]hard,
When I [E]was young.
I smoked my first ci[Em]gar [D]ette at ten,
[Em]
[E]The girls [D](?) since the[C]n.
[D]Ball
When I was [E]young
[Em]When I was[G] young,
It was [Em]more [G]important
[E]Much lou[Em]der[D]
When I was [E]young.[Em]
[E]I met my first love, at [D]thirteen,
[E]She was brown, and [D]I was pretty green,
And [C]I learned quite a[D] lot,
When I was [E]young.[Em]
Was so much [D]colder then,
My [Em]father was [E]a sol[D]dier then.
[C]Times were very [D]hard,[E][Em][G]
When I was [Em]young.[G][Em][D]
When I was [E]young[Em],
[Gm][F][Gm][G][F][G][Gm][F][Gm][G][Gm]
[G][Bb]
It was [G]more [Bb]important,
[Gm]But much louder
[F][C][G][Gm][F][Gm][F]
[Eb]When[D] I w[C]as young[F][C][G]
[F].

[Outro 1]
[C][Eb][G][F][Em][E][Eb][D][G][F]
[Em][C][Em][Eb][D][G][F][C][Eb][Gm]
[F][Em][Eb][D][G][F][Em][Eb][Gm][G]
[F][C][Eb][D][Gm][F]