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