Don Henley – A Younger Man (Guitar)

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**note: the song is recorded one half-step lower (F#) INTRO: G C G - Gmaj7 - C- G VERSE 1:
                   G      C/G                     G      Gsus4 - G              
I know you're disappointed, I can see it in your eyes 

                    G     C/G             Dsus4     D                          
This isn't what you wanted, and now you realize 

                             G    C/G                              Em   Em/D - C  
I ain't no knight in shining armor, who comes a-ridin' 'cross the lea 

                     G          D7    G - Gmaj7 - C- G
You're lookin' for a younger man, not me 
VERSE 2:
                           G      C/G                     G      Gsus4 - G              
Now, the merchants in the marketplace, they're selling fantasy 

                          G    C/G            Dsus4     D                          
It's a trick of light and shadow, it's not reality 

                  G    C/G                        Em   Em/D - C  
It's just a faded photograph of the man I used to be 

                     G          D7    G     
You're lookin' for a younger man, not me
BRIDGE:
  G/A      G/B   C      Cm                    G      Gsus4 - G
I knew the day I met you, it was never gonna last 

                D/F#      Em    A7                          C/D    D            
You're an angel from the future, I'm an old devil from the past 

                     G    C/G                               Em   Em/D - C  
So, trust me when I tell you, this is the way it's meant to be 

                     G           D7   G       C/G   G
You're lookin' for a younger man, not me 
SOLO: 2nd half of first verse chords G C/G Em Em/D - C G D7 G - Gmaj7 - C- G VERSE 3:
                           G      C/G                     G      Gsus4 - G              
If you believe in better days ahead, for this crazy human race 

                        G     C/G                    Dsus4     D                          
That we will somehow be delivered, by goodness and by grace 

                            G    C/G                           Em   Em/D - C  
And if you're lookin' for believers, in faith and hope and charity 

                           G/D        D7     G      Am - G/B
Then, you're lookin' for a younger man, not me

C                     G         D7    C    
You're lookin' for a younger man, not me 

Cm                    G         D7    G - Gmaj7 - C- G
You're lookin' for a younger man, not me