Take It Out Of My Youth chords by Phil Ochs

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Verse 1
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 (D major) The young knight was thirsty
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as I  (G major) entered the back  (A major) of the bar
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The smoke  (E minor) held the air
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as  (A major) the floating tables were  (D major) scarred
In back of the counter
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the man asked what can I  (E minor) do   (G major) 
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And  (E minor) all I  (A major) could say was, one on the way,
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an (E minor) d   take it  (G major) out of my  (D major) youth.
The voice from the jukebox was
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singing  (G major) much more than  (A major) a  song.
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The ma (E minor) gic of music
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picked  (A major) up my mind and was  (D major) gone.
Caressed by a corner,
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I sat in the shad (E minor) ows  (D major) of  (G major) blue
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My  (E minor) glass quickly  (A major) drained,
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I  (E minor) called out  (A major) the name
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And  (E minor) said, take it  (G major) out  (D major) of my youth
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My eyes were drawn to the  (G major) dancers
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forsaking their  (A major) dames
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Sway (E minor) ing and swirling,
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they  (A major) shook with the passions  (D major) of play
In total abandon,
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the freedom of frenzy it  (G major) grew
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An (E minor) d   just  (B major) as  (A major) before, I'll  (B major) have one  (A major) more
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an (E minor) d   take it out of my  (D major) youth
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The women were wearing the  (G major) paint
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that covered their  (B minor)  (A major) frowns
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Flu (E minor) id  and flowing and  (A major) formed
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in the loose -fitting gown  (D major) 
Red lips were running,
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revealing much less  (E minor) than they knew  (G major) 
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So  (E minor) I said to my  (A major) friend, let's  (E minor) do  it  (A major) again
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And  (E minor) take it  (G major) out of  (D major) my youth
And the sounds were obscene
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as the  (G major) wine -dropped vision (A major) s were blurred
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As the  (E minor) hours escaped
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to  (A major) dungeons of wet empty words  (D major) 
My mind was swimming in a sea
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too familiar to fool  (G major) 
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So  (E minor) I   gave him the sign,  (A major) 
just one more time
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An (E minor) d   take  (G major) it out of  (D major) my youth
Now a toast to tomorrow,
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as we  (G major) dance on the fast rolling  (B minor) logs  (A major) 
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And a  (E minor) toast to today,
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as  (A major) frustration is drowned in  (D major) the fog
Lost to the world,
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lost to each other, it's true  (G major) 
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The  (B minor) signal was  (A major) down, just  (B major) one  (A major) more round,
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 (B minor) and take  (E minor) it   (G major) out of  (A major) my  (D major) youth.
And the world disappeared
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as though  (G major) shot with a warm whis (A major) key gun.
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As  (B major) proudly  (E minor) we  played and
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 (A major) frolicked in desperate fun.  (D major) 
The cold night was laughing
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and waiting outside of the  (G major) room
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So  (E minor) here's where I'll  (A major) stand
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and drink  (E minor) to   (A major) the damned
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An (E minor) d   take it  (G major) out of  (D major) my youth