My Back Pages Chords by Bob Dylan

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_ Crimson [Cm] _ flames [Gm] tied through my ears, [Ab] rolling high [Bb] and mighty _
[Eb] _ traps. _ _ _
_ Pounced [Cm] with fire [Gm] on flaming _ [Eb] roads, [Ab] using _ [Gm] ideas as [C] my maps. _ _
[Ab] We'll meet [C] on edges, [Bb] [Eb] soon said I, [Cm] _ proud, neath heated [Ab] _ brow.
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[Eb] Ah, but I was so [Cm] much older [Eb] then, [Ab] I'm younger [Eb] than that _ now.
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_ _ _ [Eb] Half [Cm]-wracked prejudice [Gm] _ leaped _ forth, [Ab] ripped down [Bb] all hate, [Eb] I _ screamed. _ _ _ _
[Cm] Lies that life [Gm] is black and white, [Ab] _ spoke for my [Bb] skull, I _ _ dreamed.
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Romantic facts [Gm] of _ musketeers, _ [Ab] _ foundation _ deep [Bb] _ somehow.
_ _ [Eb] Ah, but I [Cm] was so [Gm] much _ [Ab] older then, _ [Bb] I'm younger than that [Eb] _ _
now. _ _ _ _ _
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Girls' faces [Cm] _ formed [Gm] the forward _ path [Ab] from [Bb] phony _ [Eb] jealousy, _ _ _ _ _
to _ [Cm] _ _
[Gm] memorizing _ _ _ politics [Ab] of _ ancient _ _
[Bb] history. _ _ _ _
[Cm] Flung down by [Gm] corpse _ _ evangelists, _
[Ab] unthought of though [Bb] _ somehow. _ _
[Eb] Ah, but I was so much [Ab] _ [Eb] older then, _
[Ab] I'm younger [Bb] than [Eb] that _ _ now. _
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_ _ And self [Cm] _ -ordained [Gm] professors' _ tongue, [Eb] too _ [Bb] serious [Eb] to _ fool,
_ _ _ _ Spouted [Cm] out [Gm] that _ liberty is [Ab] just equality _ [Bb] in _ school.
_ _ [Cm] _ Equality, _ I [Gm] spoke their word [Ab] as if a [Bb] wedding _ vow.
[Bb] _
Ah, [Eb] but I was [Cm] so much older [Ab] then, I'm [Bb] younger than [Eb] that _ now. _ _
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_ In a _ [Cm] soldier's stance, [Gm] I aimed my hand [Ab] at the [Bb] mongrel dogs [Eb] who teach.
_ _ Fearing not [Cm] I'd become my [Gm] enemy _ _ in [Ab] the instant that [Bb] I _ preach.
_ [Cm] My existence _ led [Ab] by confusion [Eb] _ boots, [Cm] _ mutiny [Gm] from stern to _ [Bb] bow.
_ [Eb] Ah, but I [Cm] was so [G] much _ [Eb] older then, [Bb] I'm younger than that [Eb] _ now.
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_ Yes, my guard [Cm] stood [Gm] hard when abstract threats, [Ab] too noble [Gm] to [Eb] _ neglect. _
_ _ _ Deceived me into [Gm] thinking _ I had [Ab] something _ to [Bb] _ protect. _ _
_ [Cm] Good and bad, I [Gm] defined these terms [Ab] quite clear, no [Bb] doubt somehow.
_ Ah, [Eb] but I [Cm] was so [Ab] much _ [Eb] older then, [Bb] I'm younger than [Eb] that now. _ _ _
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