INTRO: Em

VERSE 1:
Em                 D               Em           D
Rooms were so much colder then, my father was a soldier then 
Em              D               Em          D     Em
Times were very hard when I was young, when I was young

VERSE 2:
  Em                  D            Em               D
I smoked my first cigarette at ten and the girls, I had a bad yen
Em            D               Em   D Em
I had quite a ball when I was young

CHORUS:
     G                   Em              G                     Em
When I was young, it was more important, pain more painful and laughter lots louder
D                Em          D     Em
Yeah, when I was young, when I was young

VERSE 3:
  Em                D            Em               D
I met my first love at thirteen, he was brown and I was pretty green  
    Em                D              Em          D     Em
And I learned quite a lot when I was young, when I was young

KEY CHANGE:

BDA K: Gm F X3 Gm

CHORUS:
     Bb                  Gm              Bb                    Gm
When I was young, it was more important, pain more painful and laughter lots louder
F                Gm          F     Gm
Yeah, when I was young, when I was young

VERSE 4 (vocal to fade):
   Gm                F              Gm            F
My faith was so much stronger then, I believed in fellow men
    Gm            F                      Gm                Gm
And I was so much older then, when I was young, when I was young
           Gm
When I was young, when I was young, when I was young, when I was young, when I was young