My Back Pages Chords by The Byrds

Tempo:
122.4 bpm
Chords used:

E

A

B

C#m

G#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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My Back Pages chords
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[E] [A] [E] [A] [E]
[A] [E]
Crimson [C#m] [G#m] planes tap through my ears, [A] throwing [B] high and [E] mighty traps.
[C#m] Countless [G#m] fire and flaming roads, [A] using ideas [B] as my maps.
[C#m]
We'll meet on edges [G#m] soon, said I, [A]
proud, meat [B]-heated brow.
[E] Ah, but I was so [A] much older [E] then, I'm [B] younger than [E] that now.
[A] [B] [E] In a [C#m] soldier's stance, [G#m] I aim my hand [A] at the [B] mongrel dogs [E] who teach.
Bearing not, [C#m] I'd become [G#m] my enemy, [A] in the instant that [B] I preach.
[C#m] Systems fled [G#m] by confusion boats, [A] mutiny from [B] stern to bow.
[E] Ah, but I was so [A] much older [E] then, [A] I'm younger [B] [E] than that now.
[A] [E]
[C#m] [G#m] [A]
[B] [E]
[C#m] [G#m] [A]
[B] [C#m]
[G#m] [A]
[B] [E] Ah, but I was so [Am] much older [E] then, [A] I'm younger [B] than [E] that now.
[A] [Em] My [C#m] guard stood hard, [G#m] when abstract threats, [A] to noble [B] tuning [E]
legs.
Deceived [C#m] me into [G#m]
thinking, [A] I had something to [B]
protect.
[C#m] Good and bad, [G#m] I define these terms, [A] quite clear, no doubt, [B]
somehow.
[E] Ah, but I was so [A] much older [E] then, [A] I'm younger [B] than [E] that now.
[F#m] [E] [A]
[E]
[F#m] [E]
Key:  
E
2311
A
1231
B
12341112
C#m
13421114
G#m
123111114
E
2311
A
1231
B
12341112
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To start learning The Byrds - My Back Pages chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: A, B, E, C#m, G#m, A, B, C#m, E and A. To master the tempo, it's wise to start at 61 BPM before aiming for the song's 122 BPM. With E Major as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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[E] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
Crimson [C#m] [G#m] planes tap through my ears, [A] throwing [B] high and [E] mighty traps. _ _
_ [C#m] Countless [G#m] fire and flaming roads, [A] using ideas [B] as my maps.
_ [C#m]
We'll meet on edges [G#m] soon, said I, [A] _
proud, meat [B]-heated brow.
[E] Ah, but I was so [A] much older [E] then, I'm [B] younger than [E] that _ now. _
_ [A] _ [B] [E] In a [C#m] soldier's stance, [G#m] I aim my hand [A] at the [B] mongrel dogs [E] who teach.
_ Bearing not, [C#m] I'd become [G#m] my enemy, _ [A] in the instant that [B] I preach.
_ _ [C#m] _ Systems fled [G#m] by confusion boats, [A] _ mutiny from [B] stern to bow.
[E] Ah, but I was so [A] much older [E] then, [A] I'm younger [B] [E] than that now.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] Ah, but I was so [Am] much older [E] then, [A] I'm younger [B] than [E] that now. _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [Em] My [C#m] guard stood hard, [G#m] when abstract threats, [A] to noble [B] tuning [E]
legs.
_ _ Deceived [C#m] me into [G#m]
thinking, _ [A] I had something to [B]
protect.
_ _ [C#m] Good and bad, [G#m] I define these terms, [A] quite clear, no doubt, [B]
somehow.
_ [E] Ah, but I was so [A] much older [E] then, [A] I'm younger [B] than [E] that now. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [E] _ _ _

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