Chords for Jethro Tull - Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll Too Young to Die

[Bb] We'll play for you now a song which is quite [Am] current [Bb] for us.
It's doing as badly as all the others, in fact.
It's a song all about a [C] poor, despondent [Fm] individual,
something of an [E] anachronism.
[Bb]
[Em] You see, he grew, he grew, he grew,
[Ab] let's put it that way, [Em] he grew his hair [E] much too long
and his trouser gums he [Gb] wore ridiculously [G] tight.
He was, of course, you realize, too old to rock and roll,
but [B] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
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_ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [F] he grew [C] [G] his [Gm] hair too long
[Am] [Dm] and wore his [G] trouser cuffs too tight.
_ [C] _ A fashion [G] lover to the [Bb] [Am] end
[Dm] drank [G] his ale too light.
_ _ [C] And pants [G] had [D] melt, buckle, _ [G] [F] yesterday's [Em] dreams.
He keeps the [Am] transport cab, [D] propping up doom.
_ _ [G] _ [C] Ringing no [G] [D] change in his [G] double [F] sound,
[Em] seems that his [Am] past was [D] made blue.
_ [F] [Bb] Now he's [C] too [Bb] old [F]
to [Bb] rock and [F] roll,
[Eb] oh, oh, [A] oh, that he was [Dm] too young to die.
[Eb] [Bb] Oh, he was [C] too [Bb] old [F] _
[Bb] to rock and [F] roll,
[Eb] oh, oh, oh, [Bb] that he was too young [F] to die.
_ [G] _ [C] He once owned a Harley [Gm] _ [C] Davidson
[A] _ _ [D] and a [G] Triumph Bumblebee Lamb.
_ [C] _ [F] And out in [C] his kitchen,
[G] _
[C] there he types [Bb] by [Am] heart-packs
[Dm] a place that he [G] hardly swore.
_ _ _ But he's the [C] last of the [G] blue [D] blood,
a [G] grease of [B] [Em] boys,
and [A] all his mates are [D] doing time.
_ _ [G] And [C] Harry with [G] three [D] kids [G] up by the [F] ring [Em] road
[Am] sold his house right [D] down the line.
_ _ [G] _ [C] And [G] then, [D] oh, [G] when those [F] [Em] sports cars
[Am] beat to the tennis [D] _
curfews,
_ [G] he [C] drinks on a [G] [D] Sunday,
[G] over a calm [B] [Em] Monday.
They throw [Am] away their [D] blue suede [F] shoes.
[Bb] _ [C] Too old [Bb]
[F] to rock [Bb] and [F] roll,
oh, [Eb] oh, oh, [A] that they were too [Dm] young to die.
_ [F] _ [Bb] Too [C] [Bb] old [F] _ [Bb] to rock and [F] roll,
[Eb] oh, oh, oh, [Bb] that they were too [F] young to die.
_ [G] [Cm] So _ _
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_ [Eb] _ _ [Db] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[G] _ [C] _ the old [Gm] rocker gets [C] on his [Bb] [A] bike
to make [Bm] a run [Dm] before he [G] takes his leave.
_ [C] _ [F] Up on the [C] A [G]-line [C] by Scotch [Bb] [Am] Corner,
[Dm] just like it [G] used to be.
_ And [C] as he [G] [D] flies, [G] tears in his [F] [Em] eyes,
his wind [Am] whips words, echo the [D] final take.
_ [G] Then [C] he hits a [G] trunk [D] round and round,
[G] under the [F] [Em] 20,
[Am] with no room [D] left to break.
[Eb] [Bb] He was [C] too [Gm] old [F] to [Bb] rock [F] [Eb] and roll,
oh, oh, oh, [A] that he was too [Dm] young to die.
[F] Oh, [Bb] he was [C] too [Bb] old [F] _
[Bb] to rock and roll,
[Eb] oh, oh, oh, [Bb] that he was too young [F] to die.
_ [Bb] So young, never [C] too [Bb] old, [F] oh, oh,
to rock [Bb] and roll, [F] [Eb] oh, oh,
[Bb] give you a too young to [F] die.
_ [G] _ [Bb] _ Never [C] too old, [F] oh, oh,
[Bb] to rock and roll, [Eb] oh, oh,
[Bb] give you a [F] too young to die.
[Bb] Man, _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ [F] _ [Eb] _ _ _ he [Bb] was too young to _ [Cm] die. _
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