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If you see this and appreciate it, please drop me a line and let me know. I'd hate for it to fall on deaf ears. ------- Paul Weller chord progressions are usually quite odd and difficult to figure out -- he doesn't seem to follow any rules, yet somehow manages to pull it off. This song is no exception.

YOU'RE YOUNG By the Jam (initially released only as a single, now available on Snap! et. al.)

INTRO Guitar: A F#m |---------5----2--2--2---| |---------5----2--2--2---| |---------6----2--2--2---| |---------7----4--4--4---| |---------7----4--4--4---| |---------5----2--2--2---| | | | | | Bass: | |------------------------| |------------------------| |------------------------| |-0-2-0-5-5--5-2--2--2---| [Three times, then] Guitar: D G E E |----2----------3----------0----------0-------------------| |----3----------0----------0----------0-------------------| |----2----------0----------1----------1-------------------| |----0----------0----------2----------2-------------------| |---------------2----------2----------2-------------------| |---------------3----------0----------0-------------------| | | | | | Bass: | |-----------------7---7------4---4----4---4---------------| |------7---7----5---5---5--2---2---2----2---2-------------| |----5---5---5--------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------|

^A Life is time you spend alone when ^F#myou're young ^A Used to fall in love with ever^F#myone

^A Any guitar and any ^F#mbass drum ^DLife is a drink, and ^Gyou get drunk

When ^Eyou're young [As above] Life is new and there's things to be done You can't wait to be grown up Acceptance into the capital world You pull out some weed and their bullets are warm When you're young

A E |----------0-----0-----0-----0-----------------------------| |----------------------------------0-----0-----0-----0-----| |-------2-----2-----2-----2--------------------------------| |-------------------------------2-----2-----2-----2--------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| But you find out life isn't like that [As above] It's so hard to comprehend But you set up your dreams To have them smashed in the end

But ^Dyou don't mind You got ^C#mtime on your side And ^Bmthey're never gonna make you ^F#stand in line ^DYou're just waiting for the right ^Etime ^A ^F#m ^A ^F#m

You're feeling so great you can't be stopped when you're young You swear you're never ever gonna work for someone No corporations for the new age sons Tears of rage roll down your face But still you says it's fun But you find out life isn't like that You try hard to understand Well the world is your oyster but your future's a clam It's got you in its grip Before you're born You're stoned with a user that I can't afford[*] They'll let you be a king But you're really a pawn A F#m A F#m A F#m A Bass (repeats through the 'quiet' middle part): |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |--5--5---5--5---2--2---0--0--| You're feeling so bright you can't be stopped when you're young Guitar: |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-----------2---2-2-2-2-2-------------------| |--------2----------------------0--1--2-----| |--0--4--------------------0--4-------------| |-------------------------------------------| ^Guitar 1 ^Guitar 2 ^Guitar 1 Used to fall in love with everyone [Repeat guitar riff from above] Any guitar and any bass drum |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----2---2---2----------2----------2-----------| |------4---4---4-2-4------4-2-4------4-2-4-----| |--0------------------0----------0-------------| |----------------------------------------------| [Repeat 3 times:] |-----5-------4-------2---------5-------| |---7---7---5---5---3---3-----5---------| |-7-------6-------4---------6-----------| |-------------------------7-------------| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |-----5-------4-------2----7--7-7--7--7-7----| |---7---7---5---5---3---3--9--9-9--9--9-9----| |-7-------6-------4--------9--9-9--9--9-9----| |--------------------------9--9-9--9--9-9----| |--------------------------7--7-7--7--7-7----| |--------------------------------------------| A F#m (repeat ad lib to fade) Country -- the lights are going out In millions of homes and thousands of flats Goin' out, goin' out, goin' out, goin' out Goin' out, goin' out, goin' out, goin' out ------------- [*] 50 quatloos to the first person who tells me what this line really says Mark Schnitzius schnitzi@eola.cs.ucf.edu University of Central Florida

The Jam - When your young