I Was A Young Man Once chords by Bobby Bare

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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C 
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Em 
 (C major) I   (F major)  (C major)  (F major) ran fast,  (E minor) 
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life  (A minor) was hit and  (G major) run
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 (F major) I cursed the  (E minor) old men for
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 (A minor) what they had  (G major) done
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 (F major) Yea, I was a  (G major) young man once
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 (C major) 

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Verse 2

Crazy love caught in the night

Left her with child by the morning light

I didn't care what was wrong or right

Cause I was a young man once

Verse 3

Yea, I raised hell and I had big dreams

I made promises I could not keep

When I hurt love I cut deep

Verse 4
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I'm not  (F major) a young man now  (C major) 
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It  (F major) ain't been  (E minor) easy  (A minor) keeping vows  (G major) 
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I  (F major) still do thing (E minor) s   that  (A minor) ain't allowed
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 (G major) But  (F major) I'm not a  (G major) young man now
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 (C major) 

Verse 5

I'm not an old man yet

But age is chasing me with much regret

I threw the dice and time won the bet

But I'm not an old man yet

Verse 6
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Em 
Yea,  (F major) I  raised hell and I  (E minor) had big dreams
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 (F major) I made promises I  (G major) could not keep
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Em 
When  (F major) I  hurt love  (E minor) I cut
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 (A minor) deep
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 (F major)  (G major)  (C major) 

Verse 7
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You're just an  (F major) old man once  (C major) 
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An old  (F major) man dreams  (E minor) of  (A minor) what he wants  (G major) 
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He wants  (F major) the world to know  (E minor) 
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that not  (A minor) too long ago  (G major) 
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 (F major) He was a  (G major) young man  (C major) once
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 (F major)  (G major)  (C major) 