When The Night Was Young Chords by Robbie Robertson

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_ _ _ We had a [Em] great time _ [Am] _ in the [G] sundown line.
_ _ Highway [Em] 61 _ through [Am] _ the Delta night.
_ _ [G] _ We shared [Em] the back roads _ [Am] with card socks and _ grifters.
[G] _ Tents [Em] so _ evangelist [Am] _ [G] and looked adrifter.
_ [Bm] _ _ What is lost?
_ [Em] _ _ What is missing?
_ _ [Am] _ _ What's been gone?
[D] _ [C] _ Way too [D] long.
We [G] had dreams _ when the night [C] was young. _ _ _
[D] We [G] were believers _ _ when [D] the night [C] was young. _ _ _
[D] We [G] couldn't change the world, stop [D] the [G] wars.
[C] Never seen nothing like this [D] before.
[C] But that was back [D] when the night [G] was young.
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_ [G] _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ The sign reads, [Em] God bless America.
[Am] _ _ _ [G] Guns and ammo, _ _ _ _ I'm [Em] not sure that's what [Am] it means. _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ The sign reads, [Em] repent, _ _ _ [Am] the end is near.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Em] I'm not sure that's what [Am] we need. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ Get your heart beating _ [Em] in _ the right direction.
_ _ [Am] _ That's when you make _ [D] _ [C] _ a real [D] connection.
We [G] had dreams _ _ when the night [C] was young. _ _ _
[D] We were [G] believers _ _ when [D] the night [C] was young. _ _ _
[D] We [G] couldn't change the world, stop [D] the wars.
[C] Never seen nothing like this [D] before.
But [C] that was back [D] when the night [G] was _ young. _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Em] _ _ _
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_ [G] _ Now _ [Em] Andy _ Warhol's [Am] _ in the hotel lobby.
_ _ [G] _ He's waiting [Em] for the late [Am] night [G] news.
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But [G] _ _ she [Em] won't be back _ [Am] _ _ before morning.
_ _ [G] _ She's going [Em] downtown to hear [Am] some [G] blues. _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ Like the sun rising, _ _ [Em] I'll never see.
_ _ [Am] It's how you embrace _ [D] _ [C] _ the [D] mystery. _
We [G] had dreams _ _ [D] when the night [C] was young. _ _ _ _
[D] We were [G] believers _ _ when the night [C] was young. _ _ _ _
[D] We [G] couldn't change the world, stop [D] the wars.
[C] Never seen nothing like this [D] before.
[C] But that was back [D] when the [G] night was young.
We had dreams [D] _ [C] _ _ when the night was [G] young.
_ _ _ We were believers [D] _ _ [C] when the night was [D] young.
We [G] couldn't change the world, stop [Bm] the wars.
[C] Never seen nothing like this [D] before.
[C] But that was way back [D] when the night [G] was young. _ _ _ _
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