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Young Folks

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Great cover of Peter Bjorn and John's song.
C Am Em C
CIf I told you things I did before
AmTold you how I used to be
EmWould you go alone with someone like meC  
CIf you knew my story word for word
AmHad all of my history
EmWould you go along with someone like meC  
I dDmid before and had my share
It dCidn't lead nowhereAm  
DmI would go alone with someone like youAm  
DmIt doesn't matter what you did
Who yCou were hanging withAm  
DmWe can stick around and see this night Amthrough
We don't care about the yCoung folks
Talkin' 'bout the yAmoung style
We don't care about the Emold folks
Talkin' 'bout the oFld style too
We don't care about their Cown faults
Talkin' 'bout our Amown style
All we care 'bout Emis talking
Talking only me Cand you
CHoAmo hEmooC  
CHoAmo hEmooC  
It dDmoesn't matter what we do
Where wCe are going tooAm  
DmWe can stick around and see this night Amthrough
We don't care about the yCoung folks
Talkin' 'bout the yAmoung style
We don't care about the Emold folks
Talkin' 'bout the oFld style too
We don't care about their Cown faults
Talkin' 'bout our Amown style
All we care 'bout Emis talking
Talking only me Cand you
CHoAmo hEmooC  
CHoAmo hEmooC  
CIf I told you things I did before
AmTold you how I used to be
EmWould you go alone with someone like meC  

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Young Folks

by Richard Walters

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Great cover of Peter Bjorn and John's song.

C Am Em C

If I told you things I did before

Told you how I used to be

Em C

Would you go alone with someone like me

If you knew my story word for word

Had all of my history

Em C

Would you go along with someone like me

I did before and had my share

C Am

It didn't lead nowhere

Dm Am

I would go alone with someone like you

It doesn't matter what you did

C Am

Who you were hanging with

Dm Am

We can stick around and see this night through

We don't care about the young folks

Talkin' 'bout the young style

We don't care about the old folks

Talkin' 'bout the old style too

We don't care about their own faults

Talkin' 'bout our own style

All we care 'bout is talking

Talking only me and you

C Am Em C

Hoo hoo

C Am Em C

Hoo hoo

It doesn't matter what we do

C Am

Where we are going too

Dm Am

We can stick around and see this night through

We don't care about the young folks

Talkin' 'bout the young style

We don't care about the old folks

Talkin' 'bout the old style too

We don't care about their own faults

Talkin' 'bout our own style

All we care 'bout is talking

Talking only me and you

C Am Em C

Hoo hoo

C Am Em C

Hoo hoo

If I told you things I did before

Told you how I used to be

Em C

Would you go alone with someone like me

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