Tabs

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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: My Back Pages
By:   The Byrds
 
[intro:]  |E  Esus4 | E  Esus4 |
          |E  Esus4 | E  Esus4 |

[verse: 1]  {see solo section for beats per chord per measure}
E       C#m         G#m
Crimson flames tied through my ears
        A        B      E
rollin' high and mighty traps
E          C#m     G#m
Countless 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

[chorus:]
       |E             |A     E       |
Ah, but I was so much older then  I'm
|A       B       |E    Esus4 |E   Esus4 |
 younger than that now


[verse: ]
E            C#m       G#m
Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth
     A        B        E
"rip down all hate," I screamed
 E        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.

[chorus:]
       |E             |A     E       |
Ah, but I was so much older then  I'm
|A       B       |E    Esus4 |E   Esus4 |
 younger than that now

[verse: ]

      E         C#m       G#m   
In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand
       A       B        E
at the mongrel dogs who teach
 E               C#m           G#m
Fearing not that I'd become my enemy
       A              B
in the instant that I preach
   C#m               G#m
My pathway led by confusion boats
A                    B
mutiny from stern to bow

[chorus:]
       |E             |A     E       |
Ah, but I was so much older then  I'm
|A       B       |E    Esus4 |E   Esus4 |
 younger than that now


[solo: guitar]  {12 string guitar over verse}

                 1 2  3 4  |1 2 3 4 
                |E   C#m   |G#m     |     
                 1 2 3 4   |1 2 3 4 
                |A   B     |E       |
                 1 2  3 4  | 
                |E   C#m   |G#m     |
                |A         |B       |
                |C#m       |G#m     |
                |A         |B       |

[chorus:]
       |E             |A     E       |
Ah, but I was so much older then  I'm
|A       B       |E     Esus4 |E   Esus4 |
 younger than that now



[verse:]
        E           C#m       G#m
Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats
    A     B    E
too noble to neglect
 E          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

[chorus:]
       |E             |A     E       |
Ah, but I was so much older then  I'm
|A       B       |E     Esus4 |E   Esus4 |
 younger than that now


[coda:]  |E  Esus4 | E   {finish}




chords:

A       002220  or 577655
B       224442  or 799877
C#m     446654
E       022100  or 779997
Esus4   022200  or 779977
G#m     466444