Chords for My Back Pages

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[Dbm] When the same scene [Abm] starts in my head, rolling [B] hard on my [E] track _ _
[Dbm] Tell me it's not an [Abm] old friend of yours, [A] who's tired of [B] that homework _ _
[Dbm] You are right, [Abm] it's been so long, [A] it's probably [B] been _ found
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I've been having so much over there, I'm younger than [E] that now _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dbm] I've wrecked [Abm] prejudice, leaped forth, [A] ripped [B] out all hate I [E] screwed
_ _ _ _ [Dbm] Lies and life is [Abm] black and white, [A] smoke from my [B] skull I chewed
_ [Dbm] _ Romantic flanks [Abm] of _ musketeers, [A] foundation deep [B] _
somehow
[E] I've been having so much over there, [A] I'm [B] younger than [E] that now
_ _ _ _ Girls' [Dbm] faces form [Abm] her forward path, [A] from [B] phony [E] jealousy
_ _ To [Dbm] _ _ [Abm] memorizing politics [A] of ancient _ [B] history
_ _ [Dbm] Plunged down by corpse [Abm] _ _ evangelists, [A]
unthought of though [B] somehow
_ [E] I've been having so [A] much over [E] there, I'm younger [B] than [E] that now _ _ _
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So [Dbm]-called [Abm] dame professor's tongue, [A]
too [B] serious [E] to fool _ _ _
_ [Dbm] Spouting out [Abm] that liberty, [A] it's just equality [B] in school _ _
Equality, _ [Abm] I spoke the word, [A]
as if a [B] wedding vow
[E] I've been having so much over there, I'm younger than that now _ _
_ _ In a [Dbm] soldier's stance, [Abm] I aim my hand [A] at the [B] mongrel dogs [E] who teach
_ Fearing that [Dbm] I'd become [Abm] my enemy, [A] in the instant that [B] I preach
_ [Dbm] My existence, led [Abm] by confusion boats, [A] unique from [B] stern to bow
_ [E] I've been having so much over there, I'm younger [B] than [E] that now
_ _ _ _ _ Yes, my thoughts get hard [Abm] when abstract threats, [A] too noble [B] to _ [E] neglect _ _
[Dbm] Seem me into [Abm] thinking I've [A] had something to [B] protect
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Good and bad, [Abm] I define these terms [A] quite clear, no [B] doubt somehow
_ [E] I've been having so much over there, [A] I'm younger [E] than that now _ _ _
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_ _ [E] I've been having so [A] much [E] over there, I'm younger than that now
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