verse
EmD
(1)the rooms were so much colder then
(2)i smoked my first cigarette at ten
(3)i met my first love at thirteen
my father was a soldier then
and for girls i had a bad yen
she was brown and i was pretty green
and times were very hard
and i had quite a ball
and i learned quite a lot
riff 1
2x
Em (riff 1)
when I was young
bridge
GEmD
when i was young it was more important pain more pain but i laughed so much louder yeah
interlude
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na na na na na
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when I was young it was more important pain more pain though i laughed so much louder yeah
riff 1
2x
Gm (riff 1)
when I was young
verse 4
GmF
my faith was so much stronger then
GmF
i believed in fellow men
GmF
and i was so much older then
coda
Gm
When I was young
Composição de Vic Briggs/Eric Burdon/Stephan Jenkins/Daniel McCulloch/John Weider