When I Was A Young Man Chords by David Allan Coe

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[F] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [Eb] _ [Dm] _ _
[F] _ [Eb] When [Bb] I was a young man, _ _
[F] stood [Eb] on his shoulder on [Bb] the road, _ _
[F] _ [Eb] I had [Bb] no responsibilities, _ _ _
[F] _ [Eb] I
was carrying all [Bb] my clothes. _ _
[F] _ [Eb] I was hitchhiking [Bb] to nowhere, _ _
[F] _ [Eb] but I had nowhere [Bb] to be. _ _
[F] _ [Eb] I had nothing [Bb] to live for, _
[F] _ [Eb] but I was feeling [Bb] so free. _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I [G] was a [F] nice young cowboy, _
[C] I was a [F] long-haired blackjack, _
[C] I [F] was a lawyer, [C] I [F] was an [C] outlaw,
[F] I was a rebel, [C] [F] I was a [C]
renegade, I [F] was a, [C] I was a, I was a, when I was [F] a young man. _ _ _ _ _
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[Bb] _ _ [F] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[Eb] I would drink and [Bb] I'd fight, _ [Eb] _ [F] I [Eb] would ride my [Bb] old panhandle, _ [F] now [Eb] that was [Bb] a sight.
_ _ _ [F] [Cm] Long hair [Bb] blowing behind me, _ [F] I [Eb] kept my face in [Bb] the breeze.
_ _ [F] Now [Eb] get [Bb] out on that highway, _ [F] _ [Eb] just as cool [Bb] as you please.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I [G] was a [F] nice young cowboy, [Dm] _ [C] _ I was a long [F]-haired blackjack, [Bb] _ [C] I [F] was a lawyer, [C]
[F] I was an [C] outlaw,
[F] I was a rebel, [C] _
[F] I was a [C] renegade, I [F] was a, I [C] was a, I [G] was a, [F] when I was a young man. _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C]
I was a [F] nice young cowboy, _ [C] I was a long [F]-haired [E] blackjack, [Bb] _ [C] I [F] was a lawyer, [C] [F] I was an [C] outlaw,
[F] I was a rebel, [C] I [F] was a [C] renegade, I [F] was a, I [C] was a, [G] I was a, bad motherfucker, _
[N] _ _ [Em] when I [F] was a young man.