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Young Folks

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[Intro]
F
 F-  Dm-  C- Am  
[Verse 1]
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 historAmy
Fwould you go along with Dmsomeone like Amme
[Verse 2]
FI did before and had my Dmshare
Cit didn't lead nowheAmre
CI would go along with Dmsomeone like yAmou
Fit doesn't matter what you dDmid
Cwho you were hanging wAmith
Fwe could stick around and Dmsee this night tAmhrough
[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
talking only me and Amyou
 F-  Dm-  C- Am  
[Verse 3]
Fusually when things has Dmgone this far
Cpeople tend to disaAmppear
Fno one would surprise me Dmunless you Amdo
FI can tell there's something Dmgoin' on
Chours seem to disaAmppear
Feveryone is leaving, DmI'm still with Amyou
it doesn't Fmatter what we Dmdo
Cwhere we are going Amto
Fwe can stick around and Dmsee this night tAmhrough
[Chorus 2]
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
talking only me and Amyou
[Chorus 3]
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
talking only me and Amyou
talking only me and Amyou

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Young Folks

by The Kooks

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

F Dm C Am

- - -

[Verse 1]

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

would you go along with someone like me

[Verse 2]

F Dm

I did before and had my share

C Am

it didn't lead nowhere

C Dm 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

talking only me and you

F Dm C Am

- - -

[Verse 3]

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 2]

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

talking only me and you

[Chorus 3]

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

talking only me and you

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