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