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    C - F - C - F (2x)

 

       C         Am                 Em                            F             G         C

1. Crimson flames tied through my ears rollin' high and mighty trapped,

C                  Am        Em                           F                     G    

    countless fire and flaming roads, using ideas as my maps

                 Am                  Em                   F                              G

    "We'll meet on edges, soon," said I, proud 'neath heated brow.

               C                        F        C            F            G            C

    Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now.

 

       C                  Am         Em                         F            G            C

2. Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth, "Rip down all hate," I screamed,

      C         Am     Em                        F                                G

    lies that life is black and white, spoke from my skull, I dreamed.

          Am                   Em                       F                               G

    Romantic facts of musketeers, foundationed deep, somehow.

               C                        F        C            F            G            C

    Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now.

 

             C           Am         Em                                F           G             C

3. In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand at the mongrel dogs who teach

                 C                  Am          Em                 F                      G

    fearing not that I'd become my enemy in the instant that I preach.

Am                            Em                   F                             G

    Sisters fled by confusion boats, mutiny from stern to bow,

               C                        F        C            F            G            C

    ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now.

 

+  repeat verse 3 as instrumental, last line sung

 

            C                Am            Em                            F      G       C

4. My guard stood hard when abstract threats too noble to neglect

          C             Am  Em                 F                        G

    deceived me into thinking I had something to protect.

       Am                     Em                                   F                              G

    Good and bad, I define these terms quite clear, no doubt, somehow.

               C                        F        C            F            G            C

    Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. …

 

+  C - F - C - F (3x) …

 

(orig. = capo 4th)    (The Byrds)