when i was young
when i was young

when i was young easy guitar chords by Matt Hires

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    • Verse 1
    When I 
    was young 
    there was 

    fire in 
    my lung
    s 

    And I just 
    wanted 
    someone 
    to listen 

    Some 
    ears 
    to ignite 
    with my 

    pen 
    and my tongue 

    Oh I 
    knew 
    it was 
    all 
    just a 
    wish 

    But that 
    don't 
    mean it 
    couldn't 

    ex
    ist 

    Verse 2
    Just seventeen, 
    yeah, I 
    gave 
    up my gun 

    To 
    play 
    this gui
    tar 
    in the 
    trenches 

    To 
    sing 
    in the face 
    of a man- 

    eating sun

    That 
    Florida 
    heat 
    is a 
    bitch 

    But I 
    wouldn't 
    trade 
    nothing 
    for 
    it 

    Verse 3
    When I 
    was 
    young

    When I 
    was 
    young

    I got 
    myself 
    broke 
    and beat 
    down, 

    busted 
    up

    Left 
    too 
    many 
    words 
    on the tip 

    of my tongue 

    But oh, 
    I was 
    singing 
    at the 

    top 
    of my lung
    s 

    Every 
    night 


    Verse 4
    Spin
    ning 
    wheels 
    turning, 

    I fell 
    into love 

    Swallowed 
    up 
    in a 
    sea 

    of for
    giveness 

    I've got 
    a 
    crooked 
    killer 
    heart, 

    I've got 
    bastard 
    blood 

    But my 
    God, 
    oh, my 
    God, 
    I forgive 

    That you keep 
    on 
    pay
    ing 

    for these 
    second 
    hand 
    sins 

    Verse 5
    When I 
    was 
    young 

    When I 
    was 
    young 

    I 
    was hiding 
    in corners 

    to stay 
    out 
    of sight 

    Giving 
    my 
    be
    st 
    but still 
    falling 
    be
    hind 

    But I 
    was re
    born 
    in the 

    dust 
    and the 
    pines 

    Oh, my 

    When I 
    was 
    young

    Oh, and 
    Verse 6
    now 
    I'm 
    getting 

    pushed 
    and 
    pulled 
    apart 

    And I 
    don't 
    know 
    where it 

    ends 
    or 
    where 
    it starts 

    And 
    all 
    of those 
    neon 
    lights 

    Outside 
    of my 
    win
    dow 

    Tell 
    me 
    it's 
    not 
    11 yet 

    It's 
    getting close 
    though 

    And now 
    I just 
    don't 
    know 
    what 
    to 
    do 

    Verse 7
    Then I 
    said Matt, 

    you just 
    gotta 
    get 
    back

    To those 
    nights 
    where you 

    sat 
    on the cause
    way 

    All 
    you had 
    was 
    six 
    strings 

    and a 
    heart 
    that 
    beat 

    And you 
    knew 
    that it 
    had 

    to mean 
    something 

    Yeah you 
    knew 
    that it 
    had 
    to mean something 

    I 
    just 
    knew 
    it was 
    better 
    than noth
    ing 

    When I 
    was 
    Verse 8
    young

    When I 
    was 
    young

    I played 
    rock 
    and roll 
    mu
    sic 

    on 
    broken 
    gui
    tars 

    Spent 
    the whole night 
    laying 

    out 
    under stars 

    She told 
    me she 
    loved 

    me with her 
    hand 
    on her heart 

    Now I'm 
    turning 
    these 
    pages 

    and 
    holding 
    on 
    tight 

    Living 
    this 
    life 
    like I'm 
    never 
    gonna 
    die 

    Living 
    this 
    life 
    like I'm 
    never 
    gonna 
    die 

    Living 
    this 
    life 
    like I'm 
    never 
    gonna 
    die, 

    die, 
    die 

    When I 
    was 
    young 


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