Ralph McTell – When They Were Young (Guitar Solo Tab)

C                          Am                      Dm7
This is for those who were lucky enough to fall in love

     G         C
[tab]C                   Am
Not just that usual teenage stuff

  Dm7                 G
A fumble of feelings all fingers and tongues

F            G       F                    G
Intertwining breath  touch like trembling leaves

C                          Am
This is for those who were really free

       Dm7                      G
Though locked in a mutual field of vision

C                             Am
Each others eyes are all they see

  Dm7                      G
A jail without walls  an open prison

F          G        F              G
Even when apart  in earshot of the heart

    C                     Am
And this is for those who knowing the risk

      Dm7                 G
Threw caution to the wind of chance

C                Am
Abandoned in the singing mist

   Dm7           G
As on the precipice they danced

F            G     F               G
Seeds of sycamore  spinning to the floor

C                         Am
This is for those who without complaint

Dm7          G
Lay on a bed of their own making

      C            Am
Their sated hunger left them faint

        Dm7          G
Through fitful sleep to cruel awakening

F                G         F                   G
For their pities sake  the cradling bough must break

C                         Am
But this is for those who loved so strong

        Dm7                  G
That it shattered the rocks and left them aching

C                          Am
Stunned into silence both deafened and dumb

       Dm7            G
By the terrible sound of one heart breaking

F                 G       F                    G
Charred and acrid breeze  lightening blackened trees

C                              Am
But this is for those who were lucky enough

           Dm7
To fall in love

     G         C
When they were young