When I Was Young

	  		Intro: Em 

verse 1: 
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 

verse 2: 
  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
 

verse 3: 
  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 X3 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