Chords:
{title: My Back Pages}
{artist: Bob Dylan}
{key: C}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92cF_KCH7TU Capo 3
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[C]
[C] Crimson [Am] flames tied [Em] through my ears
Rollin' [F] high and [G] mighty [C] traps
[C] Pounced with [Am] fire on [Em] flaming [C] roads
Using [F] ideas [Em] as my [G] maps
"We'll [F] meet on [Am] edges, [G] soon," said [C] I
[Am] Proud 'neath heated [F] brow. [G]
Ah, [C] but I was so much [Am] older [C] then,
I'm [F] younger [G] than that [C] now.
[G] [G] [G7] [G7]
[C] Half-wracked [Am] prejudice [Em] leaped forth
"[F] Rip down all [G] hate," I [C] screamed
[C] Lies that [Am] life is [Em] black and white
[F] Spoke from my skull. I [G] dreamed
Ro-[Am]mantic facts of [Em] musketeers
Foun-[F]dationed deep, some-[G]how.
Ah, but [C] I was [Am] so much [Em] older [F] then,
I'm [G] younger [G7] than that [C] now.
[C] Girls' faces [Am] formed the [Em] forward path
From [F] phony [G] jealou-[C]sy
[C] To memo-[Am]rizing [Em] politics
Of [F] ancient [Am] histo-[G]ry
Flung [Am] down by corpse e-[Em]vangelists
Un-[F] thought of, though, som-[G]how.
Ah, [C] but I was so much [F] older [C] then,
I'm [F] younger [G] than that [C] now.
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A [C] self-or-[Am]dained pro-[Em]fessor's tongue
Too [F] ser-[G]ious to [C] fool
[C] Spouted [Am] out that [Em] liberty
Is [F] just equality in [G] school
"E-[Am]quality," I [Em] spoke the word
As [F] if a wedding [G] vow.
Ah, [C] but I was [Am] so much older then,
[F] I'm younger [G] than that [C] now.
In a [C] soldier's [Am] stance, I [Em] aimed my hand
At the [F] mongrel [G] dogs who [C] teach
[C] Fearing not that I'd [Am] become my [Em] enemy
In the [F] instant that I [G] preach
My [Am] existence led by [F] confusion [C] boats
[Am] Mutiny from [Em] stern to [G] bow.
Ah, but [C] I was [Am] so much [F] older [C] then,
I'm [G] younger than that [C] now.
Yes, my [C] guard [Am] stood hard when [Em] abstract threats
Too [F] noble [G] to ne-[C]glect
De-[C]ceived me [Am] into [Em] thinking
I had [F] something to pro-[G]tect
[Am] Good and bad, I de-[Em]fine these terms
[F] Quite clear, no doubt, some-[G]how.
Ah, but [C] I was [Am] so much [F] older [C] then,
I'm [G] younger than that [C] now.
