INTRO: Em VERSE 1:
EmDEmD Rooms were so much colder then, my father was a soldier then
EmDEmDEm Times were very hard when I was young, when I was young
 VERSE 2:
EmDEmD I smoked my first cigarette at ten and the girls, I had a bad yen
EmDEmD Em I had quite a ball when I was young
 CHORUS:
GEmGEm When I was young, it was more important, pain more painful and laughter lots louder
DEmDEm Yeah, when I was young, when I was young
 VERSE 3:
EmDEmD I met my first love at thirteen, he was brown and I was pretty green
EmDEmDEm And I learned quite a lot when I was young, when I was young
 BREAK: Gm F X3 Gm CHORUS:
BbGmBbGm When I was young, it was more important, pain more painful and laughter lots louder
FGmFGm Yeah, when I was young, when I was young
 VERSE 4 (vocal to fade):
GmFGmF My faith was so much stronger then, I believed in fellow men
GmFGmGm And I was so much older then, when I was young, when I was young
Gm