When I Was A Young Man Chords by Hugh Cornwell

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_ _ _ _ When I was a young man, [A] _ _ [B] when [E] I was a young [B] man
_ _ [C#m] I _
_ [B] [A] navigated [G#] stormy seas [F#m] between [E] _ [B] Michigan's sands
When I was [E] a young [B] man, [A] _ _ [B] when [E] I was a young [B] _ _ man
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[B] _ [A] Investigated all [G#] my needs [F#] whenever [E] I [B] had plans
_ [Am] Mother, _ [G] please forgive me [D] for forgetting you for [F] _ _ [A] good
Father, _ [G] I forgive you [F#] for regretting [F] that we met
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_ _ _ _ Now I'm not a young [B] man, [A] _ _ [E] now I'm not a young [B] man
_ _ The [C#m] _
[B] ship's the same [A] but I [G#] refrain [F#] from [E] shouting what [B] I know
Now I'm [E] not a young [B] man, [A] _ _ [B] now I'm [E] not a young [B] man
[F#] _ _ [B] _ [C#m] As years [G#m] go by [A] and friends [G#] they die, [F#] they leave [E] me living [B] slow
_ _ [C] Mother, [A] I [G] remember _ [D] the cat I ate [F] on the run
_ _ [Am] From _ _ [G] gathering _ [F#] all the trouble [Bm] _ [F] in my heart
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_ _ _ _ When I was a young [B] man, [A] _ _ [B] such as [E] like an old [B] man
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[B] My memory [A] has failed [G#] on me [F#] and left [E] me holding [B] cans
Now I'm [E] not a young [B] man, [A] _ [E] don't want to be a young [B] man
_ _ There's [C#m] no [B] attraction [A] I [E] can't see, [F#] I'll stick [E] to making [B] plans
_ _ [Am] Mother, I [G] remember you [D] were rich, boys [F] showed you all
_ [Am] Father, I [G] forgive you for [D] your silence and [F] your call
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_ _ _ _ When I was a young [B] man, _ [A] _ [B] yeah when I [E] was a young [B] man
[A] _ _ [B] When I [E] was a young man, [A] _ [E] when I was a young [B] man
[A] _ [B] Yeah when I [E] was a young [B] man, [A] _ [E] yeah when I was a young [A] man
_ [B] When I [E] was a young man, [F#m] _ _ [E] yeah when I was a young man
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