Bob Dylan – My Back Pages (v2)★
Difficulty: intermediate Capo: None Tuning: E A D G B E (Standard)
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My Back Pages chords
Bob Dylan 1964 *
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Back_Pages
E C#m G#m
Crimson flames tied through my ears,
A B E
rollin' high and mighty traps
C#m G#m
Pounced with fire on flaming roads,
A B
using ideas as my maps
C#m G#m
"We'll meet on edges, soon," said I,
A B
proud 'neath heated brow.
E A E
Ah, but I was so much older then,
A B E
I'm younger than that now.
E C#m G#m
Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth,
A B E
"Rip down all hate," I screamed
C#m G#m
Lies that life is black and white,
A B
spoke from my skull, I dreamed
C#m G#m
Romantic facts of musketeers,
A B
foundationed deep, somehow.
E A E
Ah, but I was so much older then,
A B E
I'm younger than that now.
E C#m G#m
Girls' faces formed the forward path,
A B E
from phony jealousy
C#m G#m
To memorizing politics,
A B
of ancient history
C#m G#m
Flung down by corpse evangelists,
A B
Unthought of, though, somehow.
E A E
Ah, but I was so much older then,
A B E
I'm younger than that now.
E C#m G#m
A self-ordained professor's tongue,
A B E
too serious to fool
C#m G#m
Spouted out that liberty,
A B
is just equality in school
C#m G#m
"Equality," I spoke the word,
A B
as if a wedding vow.
E A E
Ah, but I was so much older then,
A B E
I'm younger than that now.
E C#m G#m
In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand,
A B E
at the mongrel dogs who teach
C#m G#m
Fearing not I'd become my enemy,
A B
in the instant that I preach
C#m G#m
My existence led by confusion boats,
A B
mutiny from stern to bow.
E A E
Ah, but I was so much older then,
A B E
I'm younger than that now.
E C#m G#m
Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats,
A B E
too noble to neglect
C#m G#m
Deceived me into thinking,
A B
I had something to protect
C#m G#m
Good and bad, I define these terms,
A B
quite clear, no doubt, somehow
E A E
Ah, but I was so much older then,
A B E
I'm younger than that now.
* Alternates:
Capo II
E = D
C#m = Bm
G#m = F#m
A = G
B = A
Capo IV
E = C
C#m = Am
G#m = Em
A = F
B = G
Set8
Bob Dylan 1964 *
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Back_Pages
E C#m G#m
Crimson flames tied through my ears,
A B E
rollin' high and mighty traps
C#m G#m
Pounced with fire on flaming roads,
A B
using ideas as my maps
C#m G#m
"We'll meet on edges, soon," said I,
A B
proud 'neath heated brow.
E A E
Ah, but I was so much older then,
A B E
I'm younger than that now.
E C#m G#m
Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth,
A B E
"Rip down all hate," I screamed
C#m G#m
Lies that life is black and white,
A B
spoke from my skull, I dreamed
C#m G#m
Romantic facts of musketeers,
A B
foundationed deep, somehow.
E A E
Ah, but I was so much older then,
A B E
I'm younger than that now.
E C#m G#m
Girls' faces formed the forward path,
A B E
from phony jealousy
C#m G#m
To memorizing politics,
A B
of ancient history
C#m G#m
Flung down by corpse evangelists,
A B
Unthought of, though, somehow.
E A E
Ah, but I was so much older then,
A B E
I'm younger than that now.
E C#m G#m
A self-ordained professor's tongue,
A B E
too serious to fool
C#m G#m
Spouted out that liberty,
A B
is just equality in school
C#m G#m
"Equality," I spoke the word,
A B
as if a wedding vow.
E A E
Ah, but I was so much older then,
A B E
I'm younger than that now.
E C#m G#m
In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand,
A B E
at the mongrel dogs who teach
C#m G#m
Fearing not I'd become my enemy,
A B
in the instant that I preach
C#m G#m
My existence led by confusion boats,
A B
mutiny from stern to bow.
E A E
Ah, but I was so much older then,
A B E
I'm younger than that now.
E C#m G#m
Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats,
A B E
too noble to neglect
C#m G#m
Deceived me into thinking,
A B
I had something to protect
C#m G#m
Good and bad, I define these terms,
A B
quite clear, no doubt, somehow
E A E
Ah, but I was so much older then,
A B E
I'm younger than that now.
* Alternates:
Capo II
E = D
C#m = Bm
G#m = F#m
A = G
B = A
Capo IV
E = C
C#m = Am
G#m = Em
A = F
B = G
Set8