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Young Folks

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[Intro]
 F-  Dm-  C-  Am-  F-  Dm-  Am-  Amx 2 (with whistling)
[Verse]
Fif i told you things i Dmdid before
Ctold you how i used to Ambe
Fwould you go along with sDmomeone like Amme
Fif you knew my story word for Dmword
Chad all of my histoAmry
Fwould you go along with Dmsomeone like AmmeC  
Fi did before and had my Dmshare
Cit didn't lead nowheAmre
Fi would go along with Dmsomeone like yoCuAm  
it doesn't mFatter what you Dmdid
who you were Changing withAm  
Fwe could stick around and Dmsee this night tAmhrough
[Chorus]
and we don't care about the Fyoung folks
talkin' 'bout the Cyoung style
and we don't care about the Fold folks
talkin' 'bout the old style Ctoo
and we don't care about our Fown folks
talkin' 'bout our Cown style
all we care about is Ftalking
Dmtalking only me and Amyou
 F-  Dm-  C-  Am-  F-  Dm-  Am-  Am(with whistling)
[Verse]
Fusually when things has Dmgone this far
Cpeople tend to disappAmear
Fno one would surprise me Dmunless you doAm  
Fi can tell there's something Dmgoin' on
Chours seem to disappAmear
Feveryone is leaving Dmi'm still with youAm  
it doesn't mFatter what we Dmdo
where we are Cgoing toAm  
Fwe can stick around and sDmee this night throuAmgh
[Chorus]
and we don't care about the yFoung folks
talkin' 'bout the Cyoung style
and we don't care about the Fold folks
talkin' 'bout the old style Ctoo
and we don't care about our Fown folks
talkin' 'bout our oCwn style
all we care about is Ftalking
Dmtalking only me and Amyou  
[Chorus]
and we don't care about the yFoung folks
talkin' 'bout the Cyoung style
and we don't care about the Fold folks
talkin' 'bout the old style Ctoo
and we don't care about our Fown folks
talkin' 'bout our oCwn style
all we care about is Ftalking
Dmtalking only me and Amyou
Amtalking only me and you
[Outro]
 F-  Dm-  C- Am  
(whistling)
 F-  Dm-  Am-                   Am  
            talking only me and
 F-  Dm-  C- Am  
you
 F-  Dm-  C- Am  
            talking only me and
 F-  Dm-  C- Am  
you
 F-  Dm-  C- Am  

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Young Folks

by Peter Bjorn and John

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[Intro]

F Dm C Am F Dm Am Am

- - - - - - - x 2 (with whistling)

[Verse]

F Dm

if i told you things i did before

C Am

told you how i used to be

F Dm Am

would you go along with someone like me

F Dm

if you knew my story word for word

C Am

had all of my history

F Dm Am C

would you go along with someone like me

F Dm

i did before and had my share

C Am

it didn't lead nowhere

F Dm C Am

i would go along with someone like you

F Dm

it doesn't matter what you did

C Am

who you were hanging with

F Dm Am

we could stick around and see this night through

[Chorus]

and we don't care about the young folks

talkin' 'bout the young style

and we don't care about the old folks

talkin' 'bout the old style too

and we don't care about our own folks

talkin' 'bout our own style

all we care about is talking

Dm Am

talking only me and you

F Dm C Am F Dm Am Am

- - - - - - - (with whistling)

[Verse]

F Dm

usually when things has gone this far

C Am

people tend to disappear

F Dm Am

no one would surprise me unless you do

F Dm

i can tell there's something goin' on

C Am

hours seem to disappear

F Dm Am

everyone is leaving i'm still with you

F Dm

it doesn't matter what we do

C Am

where we are going to

F Dm Am

we can stick around and see this night through

[Chorus]

and we don't care about the young folks

talkin' 'bout the young style

and we don't care about the old folks

talkin' 'bout the old style too

and we don't care about our own folks

talkin' 'bout our own style

all we care about is talking

Dm Am

talking only me and you

[Chorus]

and we don't care about the young folks

talkin' 'bout the young style

and we don't care about the old folks

talkin' 'bout the old style too

and we don't care about our own folks

talkin' 'bout our own style

all we care about is talking

Dm Am

talking only me and you

[Outro]

F Dm C Am

- - -

(whistling)

F Dm Am Am

- - -

talking only me and

F Dm C Am

- - -

you

F Dm C Am

- - -

talking only me and

F Dm C Am

- - -

you

F Dm C Am

- - -

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