The Animals – When I Was Young (Ukulele)

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#-------------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------------# # This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # # song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------# When I Was Young chords
    Em                 D
The rooms were so much colder then

   Em           D
My father was a soldier then

    Em              D
And times were very hard,

           Em
When I was young, when I was young

  Em                  D
I smoked my first cigarette at ten

    Em           D
And for girls, I had a bad yen

    Em            D
And I had quite a ball,

           Em
When I was young

     G                   Em            
When I was young, it was more important

G
Pain more painful

Em
Laughter much louder

D                Em    D
Yeah, when I was young

           Em
When I was young

  Em                D
I met my first love at thirteen 

Em                D
She was brown and I was pretty green 

    Em                D              Em
And I learned quite a lot when I was young, When I was young
Gm F 3x
     Bb                  Gm
When I was young, it was more important

Bb
Pain more painful

Gm
Laughter much louder

F                Gm    F           Gm
Yeah, when I was young, when I was young

   Gm                F
My faith was so much stronger then

Gm               F
I believed in my fellow men

    Gm            F
And I was so much older then,

           Gm
When I was young 3x
* Alternate: Capo III Em = C#m D = B G = E Bb = G F = D Gm = Em Bm = G#m Set8 http://sites.google.com/site/guitarmusicchordsandlyrics/