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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3

            [Intro]

E Esus4
E Esus4
E Esus4
E Esus4

[Verse 1]

E       C#m         Abm
Crimson flames tied through my ears
        A        B      E
Rollin' high and mighty traps
E            C#m     Abm
Pounced with fire on flaming roads
      A          B
Using ideas as my maps
       C#m            Abm
"We'll meet on edges, soon," said I
A                   B
Proud 'neath heated brow.
        E             A     E
Ah, but I was so much older then,
     A      B         E  (intro riff twice)
I'm younger than that now.

[Verse 2]
(same as verse 1)

Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth
"Rip down all hate," I screamed
Lies that life is black and white
Spoke from my skull. I dreamed
Romantic facts [flanks] of musketeers
Foundationed deep, somehow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
bI'm younger than that now.

[Verse 3]
(The next two verses were left out by The Byrds)

Girls' faces formed the forward path
From phony jealousy
To memorizing politics
Of ancient history
Flung down by corpse evangelists
Unthought of, though, somehow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.

[Verse 4]

A self-ordained professor's tongue
Too serious to fool
Spouted out that liberty
Is just equality in school
"Equality," I spoke the word
As if a wedding vow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.

[Verse 5]
(The Byrds pick it up here)

In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand
At the mongrel dogs who teach
Fearing not that I'd become my enemy
In the instant that I preach
My pathway led [Sisters fled] by confusion boats
Mutiny from stern to bow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.

[Verse 6]
(12-string guitar solo followed by the refrain)

Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats
Too noble to neglect
Deceived me into thinking
I had something to protect
Good and bad, I define these terms
Quite clear, no doubt, somehow.
Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now. 
        

We also have 35 songs by The Byrds

• All I Really Want To Do
• Ballad Of Easy Rider
• Chimes Of Freedom
• Drug Store Truck Drivin Man
• Eight Miles High
• Everybodys Been Burned
• Feel A Whole Lot Better
• Glory Glory
• Goin Back
• Have You Seen Her Face
• He Was A Friend Of Mine
• Here Without You
• Hickory Wind
• I Am A Pilgrim
• Ill Feel A Whole Lot Better
• It Wont Be Wrong
• Its All Over Now Baby Blue
• Lay Down Your Weary Tune
• Mr Spaceman
• Mr Tambourine Man
• My Back Pages
• Oil In My Lamp
• So You Want To Be A Rock N Roll Star
• The Bells Of Rhymney
• The Christian Life
• The Times They Are A Changin
• This Wheels On Fire
• Triad
• Turn Turn Turn To Everything There Is A Season
• Wasnt Born To Follow
• Well Meet Again
• Wild Mountain Thyme
• You Aint Goin Nowhere
• You Dont Miss Your Water
• Youre Still On My Mind

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