{title:My Back Pages}
{subtitle:The Byrds}
 
 (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]Crimson [C#m]flames tied [Abm]through my ears
 Rollin' [A]high and [B]mighty [E]traps
 [E]Pounced with [C#m]fire on [Abm]flaming roads
 Using [A]ideas as my[B] maps
 "We'll [C#m]meet on edges, [Abm]soon," said I
 [A]Proud 'neath heated [B]brow.
 Ah, but [E]I was so much [A]older [E]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
 Romantic facts [flanks] 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
 My pathway led [Sisters fled] 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.