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