When We Were Younger Men chords by 
American Aquarium 
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Key: A major•
Verse 1
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I still hear the silence echo across
the hardwood floor
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Screamin' as you cut across the
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room to that front door
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Nothin' lasts forever,
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but I'd've sworn you'd stay
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Ain't it funny how the good things
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in life seem to fade away?
Verse 2
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We were carryin' a heavy load
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'Til one of use got tired of lift in'
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We were headed down a dead-end road
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road
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In a car too far gone for fixin'
Verse 3
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When I think about that summer
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and I still hear the sounds
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Petty on the radio, "I Won't Back Down"
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I called you a brother,
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but you were closer than my kin
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And it kills me knowin' you
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may never pass my way again
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But I hope that every now an d then
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You look back fondly on the days when
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we were younger men
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Verse 4
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We packed up that 350 Ford Econoline
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With hopes and dreams and other childish
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things men learn to leave be hind
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Spent a decade doin' circles,
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not knowin' what's in store
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Each town more magical than
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the town before
Verse 5
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But we lost track of time
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And the dark hair of our
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youth started to whiten
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I watched my father's face become mine
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And the cruel hands of truth
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started to tighten
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Verse 6
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I still think about that summer,
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so long ago it seems
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Petty on the radio,
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us "Runnin' Down a Dream"
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I called you a brother,
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but you were closer than my kin
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And it kills me knowin' you may
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never pass my way again
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But I hope that every now an d then
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You look back fondly on the days when we
Interlude 1
were younger men
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Verse 7
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I remember back before that
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pendulum had swung
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Back before we said the things
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that couldn't be undone
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I remember back when we
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were wild and we were young
Verse 8
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I think about that summer,
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how it passed us by
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Petty on the radio,
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us "Learnin' How to Fly"
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I called you a brother,
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but you were closer than my kin
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And it kills me knowin' you may
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never pass my way again
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But I hope that every now an d then
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You will look back fondly on the days when we were younger
Outro 1
men
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