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Too Old To Rock N' Roll: Too Young To Die chords by Jethro Tull, Jethro Tull

  • C

  • Cm

    3
  • Ab

    4
  • Fm

  • Fdim

    3
  • Eb

    6
  • Db

    4
  • F

  • G

  • Em

  • Am

  • Dm

  • D

  • Bb

  • Gm

    3
  • A

Intro 1
C
Cm
Ab
Fm
Fdim
Eb
Db
F
G
C
Em
The old rocker wore his
Verse 1
G
C
Am
hair too long
F
Dm
G
Wore his trouser cuffs too tight
C
G
Em
Am
Unfashionable to the end
F
Dm
G
drank his ale too light
C
G
Death's head belts buckle,

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Verse 2
D
G
F
yesterday's dreams
Em
Am
The transport caf' prophet
D
G
of doom
C
G
D
Ringing no change in his
G
F
double sewn seams
Em
Am
D
In his post- war babe gloom
F
Now he's
Verse 3
Bb
C
Gm
F
too old to
Bb
F
Eb
rock 'n' roll
A
D
Dm
But he's too young to die
Bb
C
Gm
F
Yes, he's too old to
Bb
F
Eb
rock 'n' roll
Bb
F
But he's too young to die
G
Verse 4
C
F
C
He once owned a Harley
G
C
Bb
Am
Davidson
D
And a triumph Bonneville
G
C
F
C
G
Counted his friends in burned
C
Bb
Am
out spark plugs
A
Dm
D
And prays that he always will
G
Verse 5
C
G
But he's the last of the blue blood
D
G
Em
greasers boys
Am
D
G
And all of his mates are doing time
C
G
D
Married with three kids up
G
F
Em
by the ring road
Am
Sold their souls straight
D
down the line
Verse 6
G
C
G
D
And some of them own
G
F
Em
little sports cars
Am
D
G
And meet at the tennis club do's
For drinks on a Sunday,
C
G
D
G
F
Em
work on Monday
Am
They've thrown away
D
their blue suede shoes
F
Now they're too
Verse 7
Bb
C
Gm
F
old to
Bb
F
Eb
rock 'n' roll
A
D
And they're too young to die
Dm
Bb
C
Gm
F
And they're too old
Bb
Fm
Eb
to rock 'n' roll
Bb
F
And they're too young to die
Interlude 1
F
C
Cm
Ab
Fm
F
Eb
Db
F
G
C
Verse 8
F
C
G
C
Bb
So the old rocker gets out his bike
Am
To make a ton before
Dm
G
C
he takes his leave
F
C
G
Up on the A1 by Scotch
C
Bb
C
Am
Corner
Dm
G
Just like it used to be
Verse 9
G
C
G
D
G
F
And as he flies, tears in his eyes
Em
His wind- whipped words
Am
A
D
G
echo the final take
C
G
And he hits the trunk road doing
D
G
F
Em
around a 120
Am
D
With no room left to brake
F
And he was too
Verse 10
Bb
C
Gm
F
old to
Bb
F
Eb
rock 'n' roll
A
D
But he was too young to die
Dm
Bb
C
Gm
F
He was too old
Bb
to rock 'n' roll
F
Eb
Bb
F
And he was too young to die
Verse 11
F
Bb
F
Bb
F
No, you're never too
Bb
F
Eb
old to rock 'n' roll
F
Bb
F
If you're too young to die
Gm
Bb
F
Eb
Bb
No, you're never too old to rock 'n' roll
F
Bb
C
Bb
F
Bb
F
Eb
Bb
F
Bb
C
F
Bb
F
Eb
Bb
C
Cm
But he was too young
C
Ab
Fm
Bb
F
to die
Outro 1
Eb
Db
F
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