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