When I Was Young chords by The Animals

When I Was Young chords
The Animals *

  Em         D
The rooms were so much colder then
  Em      D
My father was a soldier then
  Em       D
And times were very hard,
      Em
When I was young, when I was young

 Em         D
I smoked my first cigarette at ten
  Em      D
And for girls, I had a bad yen
  Em      D
And I had quite a ball,
      Em
When I was young

   G          Em
When I was young, it was more important
D
Pain more painful
Em
Laughter much louder
         D
Yeah, when I was young
      Em
When I was young

 Em        D
I met my first love at thirteen
Em        D
She was brown and I was pretty green
  Em        D       Em
And I learned quite a lot when I was young, When I was young

Gm F 3x

   Bb         Bm
When I was young, it was more important
Bb
Pain more painful
Bm
Laughter much louder
F        Gm
Yeah, when I was young, when I was young

  Gm        F
My faith was so much stronger then
Gm        F
I believed in my fellow men
  Gm      F
And I was so much older then,
      Gm
When I was young 3x

* Alternate:

Capo III

Em = C#m
D = B
G = E
Bb = G
F = D
Gm = Em
Bm = G#m

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