Intro
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[Verse 1]
D Bm F#m
Crimson flames tied through my ears
G A D
Rollin' high and mighty traps
D Bm F#m D
Pounced with fire on flaming roads
G F#m A
Using ideas as my maps
G Bm A D
"We'll meet on edges, soon," said I
Bm G A
Proud 'neath heated brow.
D Bm D
Ah, but I was so much older then,
G A D
I'm younger than that now.
[Instrumental]
A A A A
[Verse 2]
D Bm F#m
Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth
G A D
"Rip down all hate," I screamed
D Bm F#m
Lies that life is black and white
G A
Spoke from my skull. I dreamed
Bm F#m
Romantic facts of musketeers
G A
Foundationed deep, somehow.
D Bm F#m G
Ah, but I was so much older then,
A D
I'm younger than that now.
[Verse 3]
D Bm F#m
Girls' faces formed the forward path
G A D
From phony jealousy
D Bm F#m
To memorizing politics
G A
Of ancient history
Bm F#m
Flung down by corpse evangelists
G A
Unthought of, though, somehow.
D G D
Ah, but I was so much older then,
G A D
I'm younger than that now.
[Verse 4]
D Bm F#m
B self-ordained professor's tongue
G A D
Too serious to fool
D Bm F#m
Spouted out that liberty
G A
Is just equality in school
Bm F#m
"Equality," I spoke the word
G A
As if a wedding vow.
D Bm
Ah, but I was so much older then,
G A D
I'm younger than that now.
[Verse 5]
D Bm F#m
In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand
G A D
At the mongrel dogs who teach
D Bm F#m
Fearing not that I'd become my enemy
G A
In the instant that I preach
Bm G D
My existence led by confusion boats
Bm F#m A
Mutiny from stern to bow.
D Bm G D
Ah, but I was so much older then,
A D
I'm younger than that now.
[Verse 6]
D Bm F#m
Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats
G A D
Too noble to neglect
D Bm F#m
Deceived me into thinking
G A
I had something to protect
Bm F#m
Good and bad, I define these terms
G A
Quite clear, no doubt, somehow.
D Bm G D
Ah, but I was so much older then,
A D
I'm younger than that now.
transcribed by orest