When I Was Young
[5X: 1: bass (eighth notes) w/cymbal
3: acoustic guitar enters
4: violin enters]
Verse 1:
The rooms were so much colder then
My father was a soldier then
And times were very hard
When I was young
When I was young
Verse 2:
I smoked my first cigarette at ten
And for girls I had a bad yen
And I had quite a ball
When I was young [Riff 1]
Bridge:
When I was young it was more important
Pain, more pain, but I laughed so much louder, yeah
When I was young [Riff 1]
When I was young [Riff 1]
Verse 3:
I met my first love at thirteen
She was brown and I was pretty green
And I learned quite a lot
When I was young [Riff 1]
When I was young
Instrumental break:
When I was young it was more important
Pain, more pain, though I laughed so much louder, yeah
When I was young
When I was young
My faith was so much stronger then
I believed in fellow men
And I was so much older then
When I was young
When I was young
Coda:
[band re-enters]
When I was young [repeat to fade]