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The Byrds

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Key: E major

Verse 1
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Crimson flames
Bm Bm 
 
F#m F#m 
 
tied through my ears
G G 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
Rollin' high and mighty traps
Bm Bm 
 
F#m F#m 
 
Countless with fire on flaming roads
G G 
 
A A 
 
Using ideas as my maps
Bm Bm 
 
F#m F#m 
 
We'll meet on edges, soon, said I
G G 
 
A A 
 
Proud 'neath heated brow

Verse 2
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Ah, but I  was so much older then
G G 
 
A A 
 
I'm younger than that
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
now
D D 
 
Half-wracked prejudice
Bm Bm 
 
F#m F#m 
 
prejudice leaped forth
G G 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
Rip down all hate, I screamed
Bm Bm 
 
F#m F#m 
 
Lies that life is black and white
G G 
 
A A 
 
Spoke from my skull I dreamed
Bm Bm 
 
F#m F#m 
 
Romantic facts of mus
G G 
 
keteers
A A 
 
Foundationed deep, somehow
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Ah, but I  was so much older then
G G 
 
A A 
 
I'm younger than that now
D D 
 
G G 
 

Verse 3
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
In a soldier's stance,
Bm Bm 
 
F#m F#m 
 
I aimed my hand
G G 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
At the mongrel dogs who teach
Fearing not that I'd
Bm Bm 
 
F#m F#m 
 
become my enemy
G G 
 
A A 
 
In the instant that I preach
Bm Bm 
 
F#m F#m 
 
Sisters fled by confusion boats
G G 
 
A A 
 
Mutiny from stern to bow
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Ah, but I  was so much older then
G G 
 
I'm younger than that now

Verse 4
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
F#m F#m 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
F#m F#m 
 
Ah, but
G G 
 
A A 
 
Bm Bm 
 
F#m F#m 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
I  was so much older then
G G 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
I'm younger than that now
D D 
 
G G 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4

Verse 5
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
My guard stood hard
F#m F#m 
 
when abstract threats
G G 
 
A A 
 
Too noble to neglect
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
F#m F#m 
 
Deceived me into thinking
G G 
 
I had something to protect
A A 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Good and bad,
F#m F#m 
 
I define these terms
G G 
 
A A 
 
Quite clear, no doubt, somehow
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Ah, but I  was so much older then
G G 
 
A A 
 
I'm younger than that now

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