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	  		Intro: (E E4)  
 
 
 E       C#m         G#m                    A         B7     E 
Crimson flames tied through my ears Rollin' high and mighty traps 
             C#m      G#m                A          B7 
Pounced with fire on flaming roads using ideas as my maps 
       C#m            G#m          A                 B7 
We'll meet on edges, soon, said I proud neat heated brow. 
        E             A      E          A      B7        E   E4 E E4 
Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. 
 
 
 
E            C#m        G#m             A         B7        E 
Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth rip down all hate, I screamed 
          C#m      G#m              A                      B7 
Lies that life is black and white spoke from my skull, I dreamed 
   C#m             G#m            A                B7 
Romantic flanks of musketeers foundation deep, somehow. 
        E             A     E           A      B7        E   E4 E E4 
Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. 
 
 
 
E                C#m      G#m                  A       B7       E 
In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand at the mongrel dogs who teach 
                       C#m      G#m           A             B7 
Fearing not that I'd become my enemy in the instant that I preach 
       C#m           G#m         A                   B7 
Sisters fled by confusion boats mutiny from stern to bow. 
        E             A     E           A      B7        E   E4 E E4  
Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. 
 
 
Solo: (E C#m G#m A B7) x 2    C#m G#m A B7    
 
 
        E             A     E           A      B7        E    E4 E E4 
Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. 
 
 
E               C#m      G#m                   A    B7    E 
My guard stood hard when abstract threats too noble to neglect 
            C#m    G#m            A             B7 
Deceived me into thinking I had something to protect 
  C#m            G#m                      A                 B7 
Good and bad, I define these terms quite clear, no doubt, somehow. 
        E             A      E          A      B7        E      
Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. 
 
 
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