WHEN I WAS YOUNG As recorded by Eric Burdon & The Animals (From the 1967 Album WINDS OF CHANGE) Words and Music by Eric Burdon, Vic Briggs, John Weider, Barry Jenkins & Danny McCulloch Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'John Weider - Acoustic Guitar' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Vic Briggs - Overdriven Guitar' Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'John Weider - Violin' Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Vic Briggs - Clean Electric Guitar' Intro Q=120 N.C. 4/4 Gtr I (Ac. Gtr.) Wx2 |--------| |--------| |--------| |--------| |--------| |--------|

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| | Gtr II (El. Gtr. w/ dist.) | \1.5_______________/ | Q +H. +W +W |-----------------|------------|-------------------| |-----------------|------------|-------------------| |-----------------|------------|-------------------| |-----------------|------------|-------------------| |-----------------|------------|-------------------| |-0------(0)------|-(0)--------|-(0)---------------| Em E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| | | Gtr III (Violin arr. for Gtr.) | +Q Q H e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e |-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-------------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| |-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-(0)---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1st Verse Em D E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------| | | e e e e e e e e W W |-----------------||-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------||-----------------|-----------------| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------||-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------||-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------||-----------------|-----------------| Em D Em D E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|

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^EmW +H ^DH |-0-----------------------------|-(0)----2-----| |-0-----------------------------|-(0)----3-----| |-0-----------------------------|-(0)----2-----| |-2-----------------------------|-(2)----0-----| |-2-----------------------------|-(2)----------| |-0-----------------------------|-(0)----------|

| | ~~~ | Q S S E S S E S S E W |-------------------------------|--------------| |----17h19p17-15h17p15-14h15p14-|-12-----------| |-------------------------------|--------------| |-------------------------------|--------------| |-------------------------------|--------------| |-------------------------------|--------------| | | ~~~ | Q S S E S S E S S E W |-------------------------------|--------------| |----10h12p10--8h10p=8--7h=8p=7-|--5-----------| |-------------------------------|--------------| |-------------------------------|--------------| |-------------------------------|--------------| |-------------------------------|--------------| Chorus Em G Em W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--0--------|---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |--0--------|---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |--0--------|---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |--2--------|---2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |--2--------|---2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |--0--------|---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | W +W W W |-----------|--------------------||-----------------|-----------------| |-17--------|-(17)---------------||-----------------|-----------------| |-----------|--------------------||-----------------|-----------------| |-----------|--------------------||-----------------|-----------------| |-----------|--------------------||-----------------|-----------------| |-----------|--------------------||-----------------|-----------------| D E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|

| | Gtr II | ~~~ | Q S S E S S E S S E W |-------------------------------|-------------| |----17h19p17-15h17p15-14h15p14-|-12----------| |-------------------------------|-------------| |-------------------------------|-------------| |-------------------------------|-------------| |-------------------------------|-------------| | | Gtr IV | ~~~ | Q S S E S S E S S E W |-------------------------------|-------------| |----10h12p10--8h10p=8--7h=8p=7-|--5----------| |-------------------------------|-------------| |-------------------------------|-------------| |-------------------------------|-------------| |-------------------------------|-------------| D.S. al Coda Em W E E E E E E E E |-0-----------------------------|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|| |-0-----------------------------|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|| |-0-----------------------------|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|| |-2-----------------------------|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|| |-2-----------------------------|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|| 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|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| F E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| | | Gtr II | W W |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| | | Gtr IV | W W |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|

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| | ~~~ | Q S S E S S E S S E W |-------------------------------|-------------| |----20h22p20-18h20p18-17h18p17-|-15----------| |-------------------------------|-------------| |-------------------------------|-------------| |-------------------------------|-------------| |-------------------------------|-------------| | | ~~~ | Q S S E S S E S S E W |-------------------------------|-------------| |----13h15p13-11h13p11-10h11p10-|--8----------| |-------------------------------|-------------| |-------------------------------|-------------| |-------------------------------|-------------| |-------------------------------|-------------| 4th Verse

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