Chords for Eric Burdon - When I Was Young (Live, 1998)
Tempo:
122.5 bpm
Chords used:
Gm
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Ab
Bb
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Oh yeah!
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[G] Here's a song I wrote when I was young so I could sing it when I was old.
called When I Was Young.
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[G] Here's a song I wrote when I was young so I could sing it when I was old.
called When I Was Young.
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100% ➙ 123BPM
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Oh yeah!
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[G] Here's a song I wrote when I was young so I could sing it when I was old.
_ _ _ [N] _ _ It's called When I Was Young.
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Rooms were so [F] much colder then
_ [Gm] _ And my father [F] was a soldier then
[Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] When I [G]
was young
[Gm] I _ _ _ _ _ _ smoked my first [F] cigarette at ten
_ [Gm] And a [F] girl I had about, yeah
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] When I was young, [Gm] yeah _ _
_ [F] When I [G] was young
I [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ was young
_ [G] _ _ _ _ Ain't no, ain't [Bb] no [C] Life
I [F] used to
_ _ _ _ [Gm] I _ _ met _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ my first [F] girl at thirteen
[Gm] _ She was brown
[F] And I was so green
_ [Gm] Not a [F] very much
_ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _
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[Ab] Yeah, yeah, yeah, [Bb] yeah
I _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ was young, _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] when I [A] was young, [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ [Bb] yeah. _ _
_ [Eb] You got it.
[Ab] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Bbm] My faith _ [Ab] was so much stronger then. _
[Bbm] _ I really did believe in [Ab] my fellow man.
[Bbm] _ We had John George, [Ab] Paul Ringo, Jimmy Hendrix, Little Richard, all those other crazy men. _ _ _
I was young, when I [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Bb] was young, _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] yeah.
_ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Bbm] I _ was a [Ab] wild child in [Bb] a street shed [F] with no shoes on.
[Bb] I was young, _
[Ab] yeah.
_ _ [Bb] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, [Eb] _ yeah.
[Ab] _ [Bbm] I was a baby, baby, baby, [Ab] baby, baby, baby, [Bbm] _ _ _
[Ab] baby.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [F] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ I was [F] young, yeah, young, [Ab] yeah.
_ _ _ [Bbm] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ I was [D] such a fucking little punk.
_ _ [Abm] _ When I [G] was _ _ young, _ [C]
yeah.
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
Yeah, yeah, yeah. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[G] Here's a song I wrote when I was young so I could sing it when I was old.
_ _ _ [N] _ _ It's called When I Was Young.
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Rooms were so [F] much colder then
_ [Gm] _ And my father [F] was a soldier then
[Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] When I [G]
was young
[Gm] I _ _ _ _ _ _ smoked my first [F] cigarette at ten
_ [Gm] And a [F] girl I had about, yeah
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] When I was young, [Gm] yeah _ _
_ [F] When I [G] was young
I [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ was young
_ [G] _ _ _ _ Ain't no, ain't [Bb] no [C] Life
I [F] used to
_ _ _ _ [Gm] I _ _ met _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ my first [F] girl at thirteen
[Gm] _ She was brown
[F] And I was so green
_ [Gm] Not a [F] very much
_ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] Yeah, yeah, yeah, [Bb] yeah
I _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ was young, _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] when I [A] was young, [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ [Bb] yeah. _ _
_ [Eb] You got it.
[Ab] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Bbm] My faith _ [Ab] was so much stronger then. _
[Bbm] _ I really did believe in [Ab] my fellow man.
[Bbm] _ We had John George, [Ab] Paul Ringo, Jimmy Hendrix, Little Richard, all those other crazy men. _ _ _
I was young, when I [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Bb] was young, _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] yeah.
_ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Bbm] I _ was a [Ab] wild child in [Bb] a street shed [F] with no shoes on.
[Bb] I was young, _
[Ab] yeah.
_ _ [Bb] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, [Eb] _ yeah.
[Ab] _ [Bbm] I was a baby, baby, baby, [Ab] baby, baby, baby, [Bbm] _ _ _
[Ab] baby.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [F] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ I was [F] young, yeah, young, [Ab] yeah.
_ _ _ [Bbm] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ I was [D] such a fucking little punk.
_ _ [Abm] _ When I [G] was _ _ young, _ [C]
yeah.
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
Yeah, yeah, yeah. _ _ _ _
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_ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
