Chords for The Byrds - My Back Pages (Audio)

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Crimson [C#m] [G#m] flames tap through my ears, [A] throwing [B] high and [E] mighty traps.
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[C#m] Countless [G#m] fire and flame enrobed, [A] using ideas [B] as my maps.
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[C#m] We'll meet our own edges [G#m] soon, said I, [A] proud, me feet [B] aground.
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[E] I was so [A] much [E] older then, I'm younger [B] than [E] that now.
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[G#m] Prejudice leapfrogged, [A] ripped down [E] on hate I screamed.
Lies [C#m] that [G#m] life is black and white, [A] spoke from my skull [B] I dreamed.
[C#m] Romantic planks [G#m] of musketeers, [A] foundation deep, [B] some high.
[E] I was so [A] much older [E] then, I'm younger [B] [E] than that now.
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In a [C#m] soldier's stance [G#m] I aimed my hand [A] at the [B] mongrel dogs [E] who teach.
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Fearing that [C#m] I'd become [G#m] my enemy [A] in the instant that [B] I preached.
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[C#m] Sisters fled [G#m] by confusion boats, [A] mutiny from [B] stern to bow.
[E] I was so [A] much older [E] then, [A] I'm younger [E] than that .
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[G#m] [A] [B] .
[E] [C#m] [G#] .
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[E] [B] [C#m] .
[G#m] [A] .
[B] [E] .
[A] [E] [B] .
[E] now.
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My [C#m] guard stood hard [G#m] when abstract threats, [A] too noble [B] to [E] neglect.
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Deceived [C#m] me into [G#m] thinking [A] I had something to [B] protect.
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[C#m] Good and bad, [G#m] I defined these terms, [A] quite clear, no doubt, [B] somehow.
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[Em] I was so [A] much [E] older then, I'm younger than that now.
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