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CAPO: 4th Fret

(C) (Am) (Em)
Crimson flames tied through my ears
(F) (G) (C)
Rolling high and mighty traps
(Am) (Em)
Countless fire on flaming roads
(F) (G)
Using ideas as my maps
"We'll [Am]meet on edges, [Em]soon", said I
[F]Proud 'neath heated [G]brow
Ah, but [C]I was so much [F]older [C]then
I'm [F]younger [G]than that [C]now

Half-wracked [Am]preju[Em]dice leaped forth
"Rip [F]down all [G]hate", I [C]screamed
Lies that [Am]life is [Em]black and white
[F]Spoke from my skull, I [G]dreamed
Ro[Am]mantic facts of [Em]musketeers
Foun[F]dation deep, some[G]how
Ah, but [C]I was so much [F]older [C]then
I'm [F]younger [G]than that [C]now

Girls' faces [Am]formed the [Em]forward path
From [F]phoney [G]jealou[C]sy
To memor[Am]izing [Em]politics
Of [F]ancient histo[G]ry
Flung [Am]down by corpse e[Em]vangelists
Un[F]thought of, though, some[G]how
Ah, but [C]I was so much [F]older [C]then
I'm [F]younger [G]than that [C]now

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[C] [Am] [Em] [F] [G] [C] [Am] [Em] [F] [G] [Am] [Em] [F] [G]

Ah, but [C]I was so much [F]older [C]then
I'm [F]younger [G]than that [C]now

My guard stood [Am]hard when [Em]abstract threats
Too [F]noble [G]to neg[C]lect
Deceived me [Am]into [Em]thinking
I had [F]something to pro[G]tect
[C]Good and [Am]bad, I de[Em]fine these terms
Quite [F]clear, no doubt, some[G]how
Ah, but [C]I was so much [F]older [C]then
I'm [F]younger [G]than that [C]now

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I'm [F]younger [G]than that [C]now
I'm [F]younger [G]than that [C]now
I'm [F]younger [G]than that [C]now