Chords for My Back Pages

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Crimson flames [Dbm] tied through [Abm] my ears, [A] rolling high in [E] mighty traps.
_ _ Pumps with fire on flaming [Abm] roads, [A] using ideas as [B] my maps.
_ [Dbm] _ We'll meet on edges, [Abm]
soon said I, [A] _ proudly [B] heeded, proud.
[E] Oh, but I was so much [E]
older then, [A] I'm [B] younger than that [E] now. _
_ _ _ _ _ Half-right _ [Dbm] prejudice [Abm] slept for, ripped [B] down all [E] hate, I screamed.
_ Lives of life, [Abm] black and white, [A] spoke from a skull [B] I dreamed.
_ [Dbm] Romantic flanks [Abm] of _ musketeers, [A] foundation [B] deep somehow.
_ [E] Oh, but I was so much older then, [A] I'm [B] younger than [E] that now. _
_ _ _ _ Girls' faces formed [Abm] a forward [A] path, from [B] phony [E] jealousy. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] Memorizing politics [A] of ancient [B] history.
_ _ [Dbm] Gunned down by corpse [Abm] _
evangelists, [A] unthought of [B] though somehow.
Oh, [E] but I was so much older then, [A] I'm [B] younger than [E] that _ now. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] Suffering professors [Abm] tongue, [A] too [B] serious to fool.
_ _ _ Spouted out [Abm] that liberty, is [A] just equality [B] in school.
_ [Dbm] _ Equality, [Abm] I spoke the word, [A] as if already [B] you vowed.
[E] Oh, but I was so [A] much [E] older then, [A] I'm [B] younger than that [E] now. _ _
_ _ _ _ In soldier's stance I came [Abm] my hand, [A] at the [B] mongrel [E] dog's cheeks.
_ Fearing not I'd become my enemy, [Abm] _ [A] in the instance that [B] I preach.
_ _ [Dbm] My pathway's led [Abm] by confusing votes, [A] mutiny from [B] stern to foul.
[E] Oh, but I was so much older then, [A] I'm [B] younger than [E] that now. _ _
_ _ _ Yet my God's good heart, [Abm] when abstract [A] threats, too [Gb] noble to [E] _
neglect.
_ _ Deceiving me [Abm] into thinking I [A] had something to [B] protect.
_ _ [Dbm] Good and bad, I [Abm] did find these terms, [A] quite clear no [B] doubt somehow. _
[E] Oh, but I was [A] so much older then, [A] I'm [B] younger than [E] that now. _ _
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[E] Oh, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. _ _
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