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[Verse 1]
C/G     Am         Em
Crimson flames tied  through my ears,
        F        G     G6 G7   C/G
rollin' high and mighty   traps
             Am      Em      F    C/G            G6    G   G6 G7
Pounced with fire on flaming roads   using ideas as my maps

[Chorus]
       C/G       Am   G      G6 G7
"We'll meet on edges, soon, "   said I,
C/G Am                  F   G
    proud 'neath heated brow
    C/G               Am
Ah, but I was so much older then,
C/G    F       G    G6   G7 C/G G G7
   I'm younger than that now

[Verse 2]
C/G         Am       Em
Halfwracked prejudice  leaped forth,
    F        G      G6 G7 C/G
"rip down all hate,"  I   screamed
          Am      Em             F
Lies that life is black and white spoke from my skull,
 G       G6 G7
I dreamed

[Chorus]
  Am              Em             F
Romantic facts of musketeers foundationed deep,
    G  G7
somehow
        C/G    Am      Em
Ah, but I  was so much older then,
F   G     G6     G7        C/G
 I'm younger than  that now

[Verse 3]
      C/G      Am         Em               F
Girls'   faces formed the forward path from phony
G     G6 G7 C/G
jealou__sy
       Am    Em              F/A          G G6
To memorizing  politics of ancient history
G7     Am                Em            F
  Flung  down by corpse evangelists, unthought of,
           G  G6 G7
though somehow

[Chorus]
    C/G                  F
Ah, but I was so much older then.
C/G    F       G    G6  G7 C/G
   I'm younger than that   now

[Verse 4]
  C/G   Am        Em                  F      G
A selfordained professor's tongue too serious
G6 G7 C/G
   to fool
           Am     Em         F                G     G6 G7
Spouted out  that liberty is just equality in school

[Chorus]
  Am
"Equality,
    Em                F               G G6 G7
" I spoke the word as if a wedding vow
    C/G              Am
Ah, but I was so much  older then,
F          G G6       G7 C/G
I'm younger  than that   now

[Verse 5]
     C/G       Am
In a soldier's stance,
  Em               F           G   G6 G7  C/G
I aimed my hand at the mongrel dogs   who teach
                 Am             Em          F
Fearing not that I'd become my enemy in the instant that I
      G G6
preach

[Chorus]
G7  Am              F         C/G
My existence led by confusion boats,
Am    Em              G  G6 G7
mutiny  from stern to bow
        C/G   Am        F/A
Ah, but I  was  so much older then,
C/G    G      G6 G7           C/G
   I'm younger   than that now

[Verse 6]
Yes,
C/G      Am              Em               F         G G6
my guard stood hard when abstract threats too noble to
G7 C/G
neglect
            Am   Em             F                   G G6 G7
Deceived me into thinking I had something to protect

[Chorus]
Am                Em               F
Good and bad, I define these terms quite clear,
              G      G6 G7
and no doubt, somehow
Ah,
    C/G   Am        F         C/G    G      G6 G7
but I  was  so much older then   I'm younger   than that
C/G
now