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Young Lions - The Maccabees
This is how i play this song using just chords, not lead parts.
However, from this, with a bit of knowledge of scales etc
you can figure out the lead parts.
I might repost later with the lead parts added. 
In the quieter parts
D*| x x 0 14 15 14
Bm*| x x 0 16 15 14
The louder more upbeat parts
D| x 5 7 7 7 5
Bm| x 2 4 4 3 2
F#m| 2 4 4 2 2 2
A| 5 7 7 6 5 5
Higher F#m  
| x 9 11 11 10 9
D*
Roses in the car
D*
Roses in the car
Bm*
Bony saddle, bony street
Bm*
Corrugated iron sheet
D*
This bed is not concrete
D*
This bed in which you sleep
Bm*
Flesh is flesh til blood runs cold
Bm*
And blood is blood, so I am told
D*, D*, Bm*, Bm*
D*, D*, Bm*, Bm*
D*
Your carbon makes a star
D*
Your carbon makes a star
Bm*
And after all, that's all we are
Bm*
After all, that's all we are
Still play the "Quieter" chords, but more vigorously
D*
That's all we are
D*
That's all we are
Bm*
That's all we are
Bm*
That's all we are
D*
That's all we are
D*
That's all we are
Bm*
That's all we are
Bm*
That's all we are
Now you switch to the ordinary chords for a bit, playing the "Higher" F#m, and 
sliding up to it from the Bm.
|                  D|               Bm  F#m|
All these young men, these young lions
|                  D|               Bm  F#m|
All these young men, these young lions
D*
You don't know if it's true
D*
Or if to believe in you
Bm*
There are tunnels through the stone
Bm*
Where weaker hearts have made a home
D*
Their roses in a car
D*
Their roses in a car
Bm*
And after all that's all we are
Bm*
After all that's all we are
The ordinary F#m is played here instead of the higher one.
F#mAnd isn't it bizarre
BmThe adults that we are
AStill playing
AFollow the leader
DBody don't break
DBody don't break
DBody don't break
DTil broken
F#mBody gonna make
F#mBody gonna make
F#mBody gonna make
F#mAnother body
BmWooooo-oooo-ooooaahh, woooah oh
BmDon't want to be the last to leave. 

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Young Lions

by The Maccabees

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F#m

Young Lions - The Maccabees

This is how i play this song using just chords, not lead parts.

However, from this, with a bit of knowledge of scales etc

you can figure out the lead parts.

I might repost later with the lead parts added.

In the quieter parts

D*| x x 0 14 15 14

Bm*| x x 0 16 15 14

The louder more upbeat parts

D| x 5 7 7 7 5

Bm| x 2 4 4 3 2

F#m| 2 4 4 2 2 2

A| 5 7 7 6 5 5

F#m

Higher

| x 9 11 11 10 9

Roses in the car

Bony saddle, bony street

Corrugated iron sheet

This bed is not concrete

This bed in which you sleep

Flesh is flesh til blood runs cold

And blood is blood, so I am told

D D Bm Bm

*, *, *, *

D D Bm Bm

*, *, *, *

Your carbon makes a star

And after all, that's all we are

After all, that's all we are

Still play the "Quieter" chords, but more vigorously

That's all we are

F#m

Now you switch to the ordinary chords for a bit, playing the "Higher" , and

sliding up to it from the .

D Bm F#m

| | |

All these young men, these young lions

D Bm F#m

| | |

All these young men, these young lions

You don't know if it's true

Or if to believe in you

There are tunnels through the stone

Where weaker hearts have made a home

Their roses in a car

And after all that's all we are

After all that's all we are

The ordinary F#m is played here instead of the higher one.

F#m

And isn't it bizarre

The adults that we are

Still playing

Follow the leader

Body don't break

Til broken

F#m

Body gonna make

F#m

Body gonna make

F#m

Body gonna make

F#m

Another body

Wooooo-oooo-ooooaahh, woooah oh

Don't want to be the last to leave.

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