My Back Pages

by Bob Dylan

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Title: My Back Pages

Artist: Bob Dylan

Album: Another Side of Bob Dylan

The chords vary from verse to verse and are never the same on the refrain

("Ah but I was so much older..."). If you are intent on learning the song

as it is on the album, the following notes might help:

Verse 1 is very different from the rest. You just gotta learn it.

Verses 2, 3, 4, and 6 are identical.

Verse 5 is similar to the other verses except the last part.

The refrains have different variations each time.

However, if youre not so picky about every detail, I recomend just learning

the chords to the last verse and refrain and using that pattern throughout.

e|--3--3--3--|
B|--0--0--0--|
G|--0--0--0--|
D|--0--2--3--|
A|--2--2--2--|
E|--3--3--3--|

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Intro

Verse 1

imson fl

ames tied t

hrough my ears

Rolli

n' high and m

ighty tr

aps

ounced with f

ire on fl

aming r

oads

ing ideas

as my m

aps

"We'll m

eet on

edges, so

on," said

roud 'neath heated br

ow.

Ah, b

ut I was so much o

lder th

en,

I'm y

ounger th

an that n

ow.

Instrumental

Verse 2

lf-wracked pr

ejudice

leaped forth

"Ri

p down all h

ate," I scr

eamed

ies that

life is b

lack and white

Spoke from my skull. I dr

eamed

Rom

antic facts of m

usketeers

Found

ationed deep, someh

ow.

Ah, but

I was s

o much

older th

en,

I'm y

ounger than that

now.

Verse 3

Girl

s' faces f

ormed the f

orward path

From ph

ony j

ealous

To m

emor

izing p

olitics

ancient histor

Flun

g down by corpse ev

angelists

Unth

ought of, though, someh

ow.

Ah, bu

t I was so much

older th

en,

I'm y

ounger th

an that n

ow.

Verse 4

A s

elf-ord

ained prof

essor's tongue

Too

serio

us to f

ool

outed o

ut that

liberty

Is j

ust equality in sch

ool

"Eq

uality," I sp

oke the word

if a wedding v

ow.

Ah, but

I was

so much older then,

'm younger t

han that n

ow.

Verse 5

In a s

oldier's st

ance, I ai

med my hand

At the m

ongrel d

ogs who te

ach

earing not that I'

d become my

enemy

In the i

nstant that I pr

each

My e

xistence led by co

nfusion b

oats

utiny from s

tern to b

ow.

Ah, but

I was s

o much o

lder t

hen,

I'm y

ounger than that n

ow.

Verse 6

Yes, my g

uard sto

od hard when a

bstract threats

Too n

oble t

o negl

ect

Dece

ived me i

nto th

inking

I had s

omething to prot

ect

ood and bad, I def

ine these terms

uite clear, no doubt, som

ehow.

Ah, but

I was

so much o

lder th

en,

I'm yo

unger than that n

ow.

transcribed by orest

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