My Back Pages Chords by Bob Dylan & Roger McGuinn & Tom Petty & Neil Young
- Key: E
- BPM: 130
- Capo: no capo
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MY BACK PAGES CHORDS
[Intro] E A E A E ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Dbm Abm A B E Crimson flames tied through my ears rollin' high and mighty traps Dbm Abm A B Pounced with fire on flaming roads using ideas as my maps [Chorus] Dbm Abm A B We'll meet on edges soon said I proud 'neath heated brow E A E A B E Ah but I was so much older then I'm younger than that now [Verse] Dbm7 Abm A B E Halfwracked prejudice leaped forth rip down all hate I screamed Dbm Abm A B Lies that life is black and white spoke from my skull I dreamed Dbm Abm A B7 Romantic facts of musketeers foundationed deep somehow E A E A E Ah but I was so much older then I'm younger than that now Dbm7 Abm A B E Girls' faces formed the forward path from phony jealousy ■ Dbm7 Abm7 Abm A B To memorizing politics ■ of ancient history [Chorus] Dbm Abm A Flung down by corpse evangelists unthought of though somehow B E A E A E B E Ah but I was so much older then I'm younger than that now [Solo] Dbm Abm A B E Abm7 Abm Abm7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ A B Dbm Abm7 Abm A B E ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ A E A Bsus4 E ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Dbm7 Abm7 Abm A B E A selfordained professor's tongue too serious to fool Dbm Abm A B Spouted out that liberty is just equality in school Dbm Abm A B Equality I spoke the word as if a wedding vow E A E A B E Ah but I was so much older then I'm younger than that now [Chorus] Dbm Abm A B In a soldier's stance I aimed my hand at the mongrel dogs who teach E Dbm7 Abm A B Fearing not that I'd become my enemy ■ in the instant that I preach Dbm Abm A B My existence led by confusion boats mutiny from stern to bow E A E A B E Ah but I ■ was so much older then I'm younger than ■ that now [Verse] Dbm Abm A B E Esus4 Yes my guard stood hard when abstract threats too noble to neglect ■ E Dbm7 Abm A B Deceived me into thinking I had something to protect [Chorus] Dbm Abm A B Good and bad I define these terms quite clear no doubt somehow E A E A B E Ah but I was so much older then I'm younger ■ ■ than that now [Solo] Dbm Abm A B E Dbm Abm A ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ B Dbm7 Abm A B E A E ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ A B E E7 E ■ ■ ■ ■ ■