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B  E (3x)
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   E       C#         As                        A        B      E
1. Crimson flames tied through my ears, rollin' high and mighty traps
   E         C#       As                  A           B
   Pounced with fire on flaming roads, using ideas as my maps
   C#                       As           A               B
   We'll meet on  edges, soon said I, proud 'neath heated brow

   E             A     E
R: Ah but I was so much older then
   A       B         E
   I'm younger than that now

2. Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth, rip down all hate I scream
   Lies that life is black and white, spoke from my skull I dreamed
   Romantic flanks of musketeers, foundation deep somehow

R: Ah but I was so much older...

3. In a soldier's stance I aimed my hand at the mongrel dogs who teach
   Fearing not that I'd become my enemy in the instant that I preach
   My pathway led to confusion boats, mutiny from stern to bow

R: Ah but I was so much older...  (2x)

4. Yes my guards stood hard when abstract threats too nobel to neglect
   Deceived me into thinking I had something to protect
   Good and bad, I define these terms quite clear, no doubt, somehow

R: Ah but I was so much older... (3x)