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"When I Was Young" The Animals – Eric Burdon
Intro 1: Scratch bottom (E) string down then hit E open then on A string 5 side 7
Intro 2: Bend D string @ 12th fret pick & slowly let back to D then E OPEN A@7th E OPEN
A@7th etc, then G string 9th fret for 4 bars 8th notes
Em (palm mute) NOTE: Em=7th Fret D=10th Fret
//// //// all others are open chords
green notes are passing notes try to hit these
Verse 1: while you play the chord for a better sound
Em D
The rooms were so much colder then
Em D
My father was a soldier then
Em D
And times were very hard
Em(let ring)
When I was young

Riff 1 (Em) opt

middle finger up e-----------12/14\12---10/12\10---9/10--9----|-7--
pick down B-----------10/12\10----8/10\8----7/8---7----|-5--
G--------------------------------------------|----
D--------------------------------------------|----
A--------------------------------------------|----
E--------------------------------------------|----

Em D Em (Riff 1)
When I was young
Em D Em
When I was young //// ////
Verse 2:
I smoked my first cigarette at ten
And for girls I had a bad yen
And I had quite a ball
When I was young (Riff 1) or(fret 17 G string hold 8 beats)
Em
//// ////
Chorus:
d G d d d d Em b a g
When I was young it was more important
b d d d d e b b a g D
Pain more pain-ful the lau-gher much lou-der, yeah
Em
When I was young (Riff 1)
D Em
When I was young (Riff 1)
Em
//// ////
Verse 3:
I met my first love at thirteen
She was brown and I was pretty green
And I learned quite a lot
When I was young (Riff 1)
/D Em [N.C. 4 beats]
When I was young

Instrumental break: Same as chorus

Em
//// ////
[Key changes to Gm]: Gm=3rd fret F=1st fret Bb=8th fret
Gm F Gm F
//// //// Na Na Na Na Naaaaaa
Gm F Gm
//// //// //// ////

Chorus [in Bb]

Bb Gm
When I was young it was more important
F
Pain, more pain, though I laughed so much louder, yeah
/Gm
When I was young

Riff 2
Gm d d d d d opt d
e-----------15/17\15---14/15\14---12/14--12---|-10-
B-----------13/15\13---11/13\11---10/11--10---|-8--
G---------------------------------------------|----
D---------------------------------------------|----
A---------------------------------------------|----
E---------------------------------------------|----

F /Gm (N.C. 4 beats)

When I was young

Verse 4: (Strum the 3 bass strings only):

(Slower & quieter)
Gm F
My faith was so much stronger then
Gm F
I believed in fellow men
Gm F
And I was so much older then
F /Gm
When I was young
F /Gm
When I was young

Outro:(Strum all strings getting louder)

Gm F Gm F Gm
//// //// //// //// ////
F(let ring) F /Gm
When I was young (repeat to fade)

Riff 1 ALTERNATIVE
Em
e------------------------------------|----
B-------17h19p17--15h17p15-14h15p14--|-12-
G------------------------------------|----
D------------------------------------|----
A------------------------------------|----
E------------------------------------|----

Riff 2 ALTERNATIVE
Gm
e-------15h17p15--14h15p14-12h14p12--|-10-
B------------------------------------|----
G------------------------------------|----
D------------------------------------|----
A------------------------------------|----
E------------------------------------|----