(Words and Music by Bob Dylan)

1964 Warner Bros. Inc

Renewed 1992 Special Rider Music

[This is The Byrds’ arrangement. Lyrics provided by Roger McGuinn in a

post from alt.music.byrds. Comments in brackets by the cureent poster.]

Intro: E Esus4 (repeat 4 times)

	E	C#m	Abm
	Crimson	flames tied	through my ears

	A	B	E
Rollin’	high and	mighty	traps

	E	C#m	Abm
	Pounced with	fire on	flaming roads

	A	B
Using	ideas as my	maps

	C#m	Abm
"We’ll	meet on edges,	soon," said I

	A	B
	Proud ’neath heated	brow.

	E	A	E
Ah, but	I was so much	older	then,

A B E (intro riff twice)

I’m younger than that now.

Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth

"Rip down all hate," I screamed

Lies that life is black and white

Spoke from my skull. I dreamed

	flanks
Romantic facts	of musketeers

Foundationed deep, somehow.

Ah, but I was so much older then,

bI’m younger than that now.

	The next two verses were left out by The Byrds

Girls’ faces formed the forward path

From phony jealousy

To memorizing politics

Of ancient history

Flung down by corpse evangelists

Unthought of, though, somehow.

Ah, but I was so much older then,

I’m younger than that now.

A self-ordained professor’s tongue

Too serious to fool

Spouted out that liberty

Is just equality in school

"Equality," I spoke the word

As if a wedding vow.

Ah, but I was so much older then,

I’m younger than that now.

	The Byrds pick it up here

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

	Sisters fled
My pathway led	by confusion boats

Mutiny from stern to bow.

Ah, but I was so much older then,

I’m younger than that now.

	12-string guitar solo followed by the refrain

Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats

Too noble to neglect

Deceived me into thinking

I had something to protect

Good and bad, I define these terms

Quite clear, no doubt, somehow.

Ah, but I was so much older then,

I’m younger than that now.