Chords for The Wood Brothers "When I Was Young"

Tempo:
132.55 bpm
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C

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G

E

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The Wood Brothers "When I Was Young" chords
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[C]
Thank you all so much.
This goes out to all the young people.
[Eb] That includes me,
[C] includes everybody [Fm] here.
[Abm]
[C]
[Am] [E]
[F]
[B] [C]
[Bb]
[C]
[Bb] [C]
When I was young I didn't look at the clouds and hope for the rain.
When I was young I didn't [Bb] think this life should ever bring me [G] sorrow.
[C] When I was young I thought [Bb] someday everybody's gonna know my [F] name.
[C] When I was young [Bb] the hardest [Em] work I had I was [C] doing for [Bb] tomorrow.
When [C] I was young I used to wake up early in the [Eb] morning.
When I was young I could climb a mountain [Gm] no matter how it's [F] cold.
[C] When I was young I didn't [Bb] listen to [F] anybody's warning.
[C] When I was [G] young I could jump I wasn't [Cm] afraid to fall.
[Gm] [F] Now I'm [C] grown and things are not exactly what they [F] seem.
The bigger I [G] get the less I know and the [Bb] more I dream.
[E]
[Cm] When I was young I didn't worry about money [C] in my pocket.
When I was [Eb] young I didn't think I'd ever need a [G] bad diamond ring but I bought two diamond rings.
[Cm] When I was young I used to put my [Bb] heart in a [F] cage and lock it.
[C] When I was young [Bb] I could talk [Em] about love but I [Cm] didn't know a thing.
[G] [F] Now I'm [C] grown and things are not exactly what they [F] seem.
The bigger I get the less [G] I know and the less I [C] dream.
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[C] [Bb]
[N]
[Cm]
[Gb] [F] [D]
[G] [F] [Bb]
[Dm]
[N]
[C]
[Ab] [A] [Ebm] [E] [F] [E]
[Am] [N]
[G] [Am]
[D] [Em] [Am] [Em] [Ab]
[F] [G] [D] [E]
[Am] [Dm] [B] [N]
[E]
[N]
[Cm] [F]
[Gm] [N]
[C] [Bbm]
[C] We're all pretty young if you compare us to like rocks [F] and [C] glaciers and stuff [Gm] like that.
[C]
[F]
When I was young I used to say my prayers without the feeling.
[C] [G]
[C] [Eb]
When I was young I didn't worry about the things I couldn't understand.
[G] Ah, that was good.
[C] [Eb]
[F] When I was young I didn't know anything [Bbm] about [F] hurting and healing.
[Bb] When I was young I guess I [G] didn't believe I'd [C] ever be a man.
[F]
Now I'm [C] grown and things are not exactly what they [F] seem.
I think about God [G] and I wonder does he think about me?
[Eb] [F]
Does [Cm] he think about me?
[F] Does he [C] think about [F] me?
[C] Does he think about [F] me?
[C]
[F] [C] Eminem, [F] Franklin, [C]
or [F] Brentwood, [Cm] or Sylvan Park?
[F] [C] [F] Thank [E] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [F]
[C] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [F] [C] [F]
[C] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [F] [C]
[F] [C]
[F] [C] [E] [B]
[C] [N]
you so much.
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F
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Bb
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G
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E
2311
C
3211
F
134211111
Bb
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Thank you all so much.
This goes out to all the young people. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] That includes me,
[C] includes _ everybody [Fm] here. _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ When I was young I didn't look at the clouds and hope for the rain. _
When I was young I didn't [Bb] think this life should ever bring me [G] sorrow. _ _
[C] When I was young I thought [Bb] someday everybody's gonna know my [F] name. _
[C] When I was young [Bb] the hardest [Em] work I had I was [C] doing for [Bb] tomorrow.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ When [C] I was young I used to wake up early in the [Eb] morning. _
When I was young I could climb a mountain [Gm] no matter how it's [F] cold.
_ [C] When I was young I didn't [Bb] listen to [F] anybody's warning.
_ [C] When I was [G] young I could jump I wasn't [Cm] afraid to fall.
_ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ Now I'm [C] grown and things are not exactly what they [F] seem.
The bigger I [G] get the less I know and the [Bb] more I dream. _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] When I was young I didn't worry about money [C] in my pocket. _
When I was [Eb] young I didn't think I'd ever need a [G] bad diamond ring but I bought two diamond rings.
[Cm] When I was young I used to put my [Bb] heart in a [F] cage and lock it.
[C] When I was young [Bb] I could talk [Em] about love but I [Cm] didn't know a thing.
_ [G] _ [F] _ _ Now I'm [C] grown and things are not exactly what they [F] seem.
The bigger I get the less [G] I know and the less I [C] dream.
_ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
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[Ab] _ [A] _ [Ebm] _ [E] _ _ [F] _ [E] _ _
_ [Am] _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ [Ab] _
[F] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _
[Am] _ [Dm] _ [B] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [N] _ _
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ We're all pretty young if you compare us to like _ rocks _ [F] and _ _ [C] _ _ _ glaciers and stuff [Gm] like that.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ When I was young I used to say my prayers without the feeling.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ When I was young I didn't worry about the things I couldn't understand.
[G] _ _ _ _ Ah, that was _ good. _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] When I was young I didn't know anything [Bbm] about [F] hurting and healing.
_ [Bb] When I was young I guess I [G] didn't believe I'd [C] ever be a man.
_ _ [F] _ _
Now I'm [C] grown and things are not exactly what they [F] seem.
I think about God _ _ _ [G] and I wonder does he think about me?
[Eb] _ [F]
Does [Cm] he think about me?
[F] Does he [C] think about [F] me?
[C] Does he think about _ [F] me?
[C] _ _
[F] _ _ [C] Eminem, [F] Franklin, _ _ [C]
or [F] Brentwood, _ [Cm] or _ Sylvan Park?
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] Thank _ [E] _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ [E] _ [B] _
_ [C] _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ you so much. _

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