VERSION: Edited
Getting Started - by StrummingSaga
To learn The Byrds - My Back Pages chords with lyrics, your practice should emphasize these chord progressions: B, E, C#m, Abm, A, B, C#m, A, E. Set your pace at 61 BPM initially and then sync with the song's BPM of 123. Fine-tune the capo based on your vocal range, ensuring it complements the key of E.
E _ _ _ _ _ _
A _ _ .
E _ _
A _ _
E _ _ _ _ .
_ Crimson
C#m G#m flames tap through my ears,
A throwing
B high and
E mighty traps.
_ _ .
_ _
C#m Countless
G#m fire and flame enrobed,
A using ideas
B as my maps.
_ _ .
C#m We'll meet our own edges
G#m soon, said I,
A _ proud, me feet
B aground.
_ .
E I was so
A much
E older then, I'm younger
B than
E that now.
_ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _
C#m _ .
G#m Prejudice _ leapfrogged,
A ripped down
E on hate I screamed.
_ _ Lies
C#m that
G#m life is black and white,
A spoke from my skull
B I dreamed.
_
C#m Romantic planks
G#m of _ musketeers,
A foundation deep,
B some high.
_
E _ I was so
A much older
E then, I'm younger
B E than that now.
_ _ _ _ _ .
In a
C#m soldier's stance
G#m I aimed my hand
A at the
B mongrel dogs
E who teach.
_ .
Fearing that
C#m I'd become
G#m my enemy _
A in the instant that
B I preached.
_ _ .
C#m _ Sisters fled
G#m by confusion boats,
A mutiny from
B stern to bow.
E I was _ so
A much older
E then,
A I'm younger
E than that _ _ _ .
_
A _ _
E _ _ _
C#m _ _ .
_
G#m _ _ _
A _ _
B _ _ .
E _ _ _ _ _ _
C#m _
G# _ .
_ _ _
A _ _ _ _ _ .
E _
B _ _ _
C#m _ _ _ _ .
G#m _ _ _ _
A _ _ _ _ .
B _ _ _
E _ _ _ _ _ .
A _ _
E _ _ _ _
B _ _ .
E _ now.
_ _ _ _ _ .
My
C#m guard stood hard
G#m when abstract threats,
A too noble
B to
E neglect.
_ _ .
Deceived
C#m me into
G#m thinking _
A I had something to
B protect.
_ _ _ .
C#m Good and bad,
G#m I defined these terms,
A quite clear, no doubt,
B _ somehow.
_ .
Em I was so
A much
E older then, I'm younger than that now.
_ _ .
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A _ _
E _ _
A _
E _ .
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E _ _ _ _ _ .
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