The Animals When I Was Young

Tom: F Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 17:32:20 -0400 From: Andrew Rogers Intro: Em / / / / / / / / [5X: 1: bass (eighth notes) w/cymbal 2: electric guitar (tune low E down to D and back up) 3: acoustic guitar enters 4: violin enters] Verse 1: Em D The rooms were so much colder then Em D My father was a soldier then Em D And times were very hard Em When I was young Riff 1 [guitar and violin, arranged for two guitars]: (Em ) v v v v v (young) Em [Riff 1] When I was young Verse 2: I smoked my first cigarette at ten And for girls I had a bad yen And I had quite a ball When I was young [Riff 1] Em / / / / / / / / Bridge: G Em When I was young it was more important D Pain, more pain, but I laughed so much louder, yeah Em When I was young [Riff 1] (D ) Em When I was young [Riff 1] Verse 3: I met my first love at thirteen She was brown and I was pretty green And I learned quite a lot When I was young [Riff 1] Em [N.C.] When I was young Instrumental break: [key changes to Gm]: Gm F [3X] / / / / / / / / Gm / / / / / / / / Chorus [in Bb] Bb Gm When I was young it was more important F Pain, more pain, though I laughed so much louder, yeah Gm When I was young Riff 2 [guitar and violin, arranged for two guitars]: (Gm ) v v v v v (young) parts do not always track in parallel fifths Gm [N.C.] When I was young Verse 4 [chords implied by bass]: Gm F My faith was so much stronger then Gm F I believed in fellow men Gm F And I was so much older then Gm [acoustic guitar strums Gm chord; violin enters] When I was young When I was young Coda: [band re-enters] (Gm ) When I was young [repeat to fade] -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers