When I Was Young Chords by Golden Earring

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The rooms were so [D] much colder then [Gb] My [C] father was [G] a soldier [D] then
[E] _ [Gb] [C] Times were very [D] hard when I [E] was young _ _ _ When I was [C] young
[E] I _ _ _ _ smoked my [G] first cigarette at [D] ten [E] And [C] for girls I [D] had a bad year
_ [Em] I had quite [G] a gall [D] when I [E] was young _ _ _ _ _ [G] When I was young it [E] was more important
They had more pain but they laughed much [D] louder
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[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] met _ _ _ my first [D] love at thirteen
[E] She was brown [D] and I was pretty green [E] And I learned quite [D] a lot
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more important They had more pain but they laughed much [F] louder
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_ _ My faith was [Eb] so [Bb] much stronger then [C] I [Gm] believed in fellow [F] men
[Gm] And I was [Eb] so [Gm] much older [Dm] then _ _ When _ [G] I was young
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