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[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
CAmEm
Crimson flames tied through my ears
FGC
Rollin' high and mighty traps
CAmEmC
Pounced with fire on flaming roads
FEmG
Using ideas as my maps
FAmGC
"We'll meet on edges, soon," said I
AmFG
Proud 'neath heated brow.
CAmC
Ah, but I was so much older then,
FGC
I'm younger than that now.
[Instrumental]
GGGG
[Verse 2]
CAmEm
Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth
FGC
"Rip down all hate," I screamed
CAmEm
Lies that life is black and white
FG
Spoke from my skull. I dreamed
AmEm
Romantic facts of musketeers
FG
Foundationed deep, somehow.
CAmEmF
Ah, but I was so much older then,
GC
I'm younger than that now.
[Verse 3]
CAmEm
Girls' faces formed the forward path
FGC
From phony jealousy
CAmEm
To memorizing politics
FG
Of ancient history
AmEm
Flung down by corpse evangelists
FG
Unthought of, though, somehow.
CFC
Ah, but I was so much older then,
FGC
I'm younger than that now.
[Verse 4]
CAmEm
A self-ordained professor's tongue
FGC
Too serious to fool
CAmEm
Spouted out that liberty
FG
Is just equality in school
AmEm
"Equality," I spoke the word
FG
As if a wedding vow.
CAm
Ah, but I was so much older then,
FGC
I'm younger than that now.
[Verse 5]
CAmEm
In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand
FGC
At the mongrel dogs who teach
CAmEm
Fearing not that I'd become my enemy
FG
In the instant that I preach
AmFC
My existence led by confusion boats
AmEmG
Mutiny from stern to bow.
CAmFC
Ah, but I was so much older then,
GC
I'm younger than that now.
[Verse 6]
CAmEm
Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats
FGC
Too noble to neglect
CAmEm
Deceived me into thinking
FG
I had something to protect
AmEm
Good and bad, I define these terms
FG
Quite clear, no doubt, somehow.
CAmFC
Ah, but I was so much older then,
GC
I'm younger than that now.