My Back Pages - The Byrds
Capo: Fret 2
Tuning: E, E A D G B E
My Back Pages ver. 1 chords *
The Byrds 1967 (Bob Dylan)
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Capo II
[Intro]
x4
[Verse 1]
Crimson flames
tied through
my ears,
rollin' high a
nd mighty trap
s
Countless fire
on flaming ro
ads,
using ideas as
my maps
"We'll meet on
edges, soon,"
said I,
proud 'neath h
eated brow.
[Chorus]
Ah, but I was
so much older
then,
I'm younger th
an that now.
[Verse 2]
Half-wracked p
rejudice leape
d forth,
"rip down all
hate," I screa
med
Lies that life
is black and
white,
spoke from my
skull, I dream
ed
Romantic facts
of musketeers
,
foundationed d
eep, somehow.
[Chorus]
Ah, but I was
so much older
then,
I'm younger th
an that now.
[Verse 3]
In a soldier's
stance, I aim
ed my hand,
at the mongrel
dogs who teac
h
Fearing not th
at I'd become
my enemy,
in the instant
that I preach
My pathway led
by confusion
boats,
mutiny from st
ern to bow.
[Chorus]
Ah, but I was
so much older
then,
I'm younger th
an that now.
[Instrumental]
[Chorus]
Ah, but I was
so much older
then,
I'm younger th
an that now.
[Verse 4]
Yes, my guard
stood hard whe
n abstract thr
eats,
too noble to n
eglect
Deceived me in
to thinking,
I had somethin
g to protect
[Verse 5]
Good and bad,
I define these
terms,
quite clear, n
o doubt, someh
ow?
[Chorus]
Ah, but I was
so much older
then,
I'm younger th
an that now.
x4
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My Back Pages ver. 2 chords
The Byrds (Bob Dylan)
[Intro]
x4
[Verse 1]
Crimson flames
tied through
my ears,
rollin' high a
nd mighty trap
s
Countless fire
on flaming ro
ads,
using ideas as
my maps
"We'll meet on
edges, soon,"
said I,
proud 'neath h
eated brow.
[Chorus]
Ah, but I was
so much older
then,
I'm younger th
an that now.
[Verse 2]
Half-wracked p
#
rejudice leape
d forth,
"rip down all
hate," I screa
med
Lies that life
is black and
white,
spoke from my
skull, I dream
ed
Romantic facts
of musketeers
,
foundationed d
eep, somehow.
[Chorus]
Ah, but I was
so much older
then,
I'm younger th
an that now.
[Verse 3]
In a soldier's
stance, I aim
ed my hand,
at the mongrel
dogs who teac
h
Fearing not th
at I'd become
my enemy,
in the instant
that I preach
My pathway led
by confusion
boats,
mutiny from st
ern to bow.
[Chorus]
Ah, but I was
so much older
then,
I'm younger th
an that now.
[Instrumental]
[Chorus]
Ah, but I was
so much older
then,
I'm younger th
an that now.
[Verse 4]
Yes, my guard
stood hard whe
n abstract thr
eats,
too noble to n
eglect
Deceived me in
to thinking,
I had somethin
g to protect
[Verse 5]
Good and bad,
I define these
terms,
quite clear, n
o doubt, someh
ow?
[Chorus]
Ah, but I was
so much older
then,
I'm younger th
an that now.
x4
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