Chords for My Back Pages - Bob Dylan Cover
Tempo:
77.55 bpm
Chords used:
Em
G
F
Am
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Am] Crimson [Em] flames that throw my [F] years,
[C] times.
[F] Using hideous [G] as my mask.
on [Em] edges so sad,
[C] Ah, but I was so [Em] much older then,
younger than [C] that now.
[Am] Half-wit [Em] rigid as sleepwalk,
[C] I scream.
[C] times.
[F] Using hideous [G] as my mask.
on [Em] edges so sad,
[C] Ah, but I was so [Em] much older then,
younger than [C] that now.
[Am] Half-wit [Em] rigid as sleepwalk,
[C] I scream.
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G
F
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[Am] Crimson [Em] flames that throw my [F] years,
Flowing [G] high in mighty [C] times.
_ [Am] Bounced with fire [Em] on flaming roads,
[F] Using hideous [G] as my mask.
_ [Am] We'll meet on [Em] edges so sad,
_ [F] Proudly [G] feet abroad.
[C] Ah, but I was so [Em] much older then,
I'm younger than [C] that now. _ _ _ _
[Am] Half-wit [Em] rigid as sleepwalk,
[F] [Em] Dreaded down all hate [C] I scream.
_ _ Lies that [Em] life is black and white,
[F] Stole from my skull [G] I dream.
_ _ [Am] Romantic [Em] facts of musketeers,
[F] Foundation [G] deep somehow.
Ah, [C] but I was so [Em] much older then,
I'm younger [C] than that now.
_ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ Girls' [Am] faces formed a [Em] forward path,
From [G] pony [C] jealousy, _
_ [Am] To memorizing [Em] politics,
_ [F] Knowledge and [G] history.
[Am] Run down by [Em] court evangelists,
[F] Unthought of thoughts [G] somehow.
Ah, but I [Am] was [Em] so much older then,
[F] I'm [G] younger than [C] that now.
_ _ _ _ It's [Am] so funny [Em] in professor's talk,
[F] To a [G] serious [C] tooth, _
_ [Am] Spouting out [Em] that liberty,
It's [F] just equality in [G] school.
_ [Am] _ Equality [Em] as spoke the world,
[F] As if they were [G] to bow.
[Em]
Ah, but [Am] I was [Em] so much older then,
[F] [G] I'm younger [C] than that now.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ Any soldier [Em] stands high in my hand,
At the [G] [C] mongrel's odds to teeth,
Fearing not that I become [Em] my enemy,
[F] In the instant [G] that I preach.
[Am] My existence [Em] led by confusion,
Votes [F] what you need from stern [G] to bow.
I'm a soldier,
[C] Ah, but I [Am] was [Em] so much older then,
[F] I'm [G] younger than _
[C] _ _ _ _ that now.
Yes, my God [Am] stood [Em] hard with abstract threats,
To [G] noble, to [C] neglect. _
_ [Am] Deceived me [Em] into thinking that,
[F] I had something [G] to protect.
_ [Am] The good and bad, I [Em] define these terms,
[F] Quite clear, no doubt, [G] somehow.
_ [C] Ah, but I was [Am] so [Em] much older then,
[F] I'm [G] younger than [C] that now.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Am] Crimson [Em] flames that throw my [F] years,
Flowing [G] high in mighty [C] times.
_ [Am] Bounced with fire [Em] on flaming roads,
[F] Using hideous [G] as my mask.
_ [Am] We'll meet on [Em] edges so sad,
_ [F] Proudly [G] feet abroad.
[C] Ah, but I was so [Em] much older then,
I'm younger than [C] that now. _ _ _ _
[Am] Half-wit [Em] rigid as sleepwalk,
[F] [Em] Dreaded down all hate [C] I scream.
_ _ Lies that [Em] life is black and white,
[F] Stole from my skull [G] I dream.
_ _ [Am] Romantic [Em] facts of musketeers,
[F] Foundation [G] deep somehow.
Ah, [C] but I was so [Em] much older then,
I'm younger [C] than that now.
_ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ Girls' [Am] faces formed a [Em] forward path,
From [G] pony [C] jealousy, _
_ [Am] To memorizing [Em] politics,
_ [F] Knowledge and [G] history.
[Am] Run down by [Em] court evangelists,
[F] Unthought of thoughts [G] somehow.
Ah, but I [Am] was [Em] so much older then,
[F] I'm [G] younger than [C] that now.
_ _ _ _ It's [Am] so funny [Em] in professor's talk,
[F] To a [G] serious [C] tooth, _
_ [Am] Spouting out [Em] that liberty,
It's [F] just equality in [G] school.
_ [Am] _ Equality [Em] as spoke the world,
[F] As if they were [G] to bow.
[Em]
Ah, but [Am] I was [Em] so much older then,
[F] [G] I'm younger [C] than that now.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ Any soldier [Em] stands high in my hand,
At the [G] [C] mongrel's odds to teeth,
Fearing not that I become [Em] my enemy,
[F] In the instant [G] that I preach.
[Am] My existence [Em] led by confusion,
Votes [F] what you need from stern [G] to bow.
I'm a soldier,
[C] Ah, but I [Am] was [Em] so much older then,
[F] I'm [G] younger than _
[C] _ _ _ _ that now.
Yes, my God [Am] stood [Em] hard with abstract threats,
To [G] noble, to [C] neglect. _
_ [Am] Deceived me [Em] into thinking that,
[F] I had something [G] to protect.
_ [Am] The good and bad, I [Em] define these terms,
[F] Quite clear, no doubt, [G] somehow.
_ [C] Ah, but I was [Am] so [Em] much older then,
[F] I'm [G] younger than [C] that now.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _