Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die Chords by Jethro Tull

[Start]

[Intro]
C Ab F Eb Db F C
■ ■  ■ ■  ■  ■ ■
                        G        C Am  
The old rocker wore his hair too ■ long
         D             G        
Wore his trouser cuffs too tight
C F             G        C   Am               G        
■ Unfashionable ■ to the end ■  drank his ale too light


[Verse]
             C            D           G     
Death's head belts buckle yesterday's dreams
E7                 Am         D   
The transport caf' prophet of doom
G            C         D          G         
■ Ringing no change in his double sewn seams
   Em  Am      D         
In his postwar babe gloom


[Chorus]
         Bb  C F               Bb  
Now he's too ■ old to rock 'n' roll
Eb Am                    D  
■  But he's too young to die
         Bb  C F               Bb  
Yes he's too ■ old to rock 'n' roll
Eb Bb                       
■  But he's too young to die
   F    C         F      G C       
He once ■ owned a Harley ■ Davidson
Am       D       G         
■  And a triumph Bonneville


[Verse]
C             F          G          C     Am7  
■ Counted his friends in burned out spark plugs
          Dm7            G   
And prays that he always will
                         C          D        G Em  
But he's the last of the blue blood greasers ■ boys
    E7         Am        D         
And all of his mates are doing time
G              C          D           G    Em  
■ Married with three kids ■ up by the ring road
           Am                      D   
Sold their souls straight down the line
G             C        D        G      Em  
■ And some of them own ■ little sports cars
                Am          D   
And meet at the tennis club do's
G                 C      D       G     
■ For drinks on a Sunday work on Monday
Em             Am              D          
They've thrown away their blue suede shoes


[Chorus]
    Bb      C   F               Bb  
Now they're too old to rock 'n' roll
Eb Am                    D     
■  And they're too young to die
    Bb      C   F               Bb  
And they're too old to rock 'n' roll
Eb Bb                       F  
■  And they're too young to die


[Solo]
C Ab F Eb Db F
■ ■  ■ ■  ■  ■


[Bridge]
C          F      G            C   
So the old rocker gets out his bike
A7            D               G        
To make a ton before he takes his leave


[Verse]
C           F    G         C     
■ Up on the Aone by Scotch Corner
Am D                 G    
■  Just like it used to be
          C     D            G   
And as he flies tears in his eyes
Em              Am                   D   
His windwhipped words echo the final take
G               C                D                        G      Em
And he hits the trunk road doing around a one hundred and twenty ■ 
Am           D            
With no room left to brake


[Chorus]
D7            Bb  C      F          Bb  
■  And he was too old to ■ rock 'n' roll
    Eb         A7       D  
But he was too young to die
       Bb  C      F          Bb  
He was too old to ■ rock 'n' roll
Eb     Bb            F7    
And he was too young to die
   Bb           C7  F                 Bb  
No you're never too ■ old to rock 'n' roll
Eb Bb         F7       Bb7
If you're too young to die
          Bb        C   F           Bb   Eb
No you're never too old to rock 'n' roll ■ 
           Bb              
But he was too young to die


[Outro]
C Ab F Eb Db F
■ ■  ■ ■  ■  ■


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