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