Pegboy- My Youth
From the Album on Touch and Go/Quarterstick Records.
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Hands down my favorite Pegboy song.
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Very easy song, with only a few parts.
Standard tuning (E,A,D,G,B,E)
Intro:
The intro is the same progression as the verse, but the barre chords are
played through as arpeggios.
E |-----------------------------------------------|B |-----------------------------------------------|G |-------------------------------6---------------|D |----------4-----------------6----6-------------|A |-------4------4--------4------------4----------|E |----2------------2-----------------------------|
E |--- -------------------------------|B |-----------------------------------|G |-------4---------------6-----------|D |----4----4----------6----6----------| repeat whole thing twiceA |--2--------2------4--------4--------|E |-----------------------------------|
V1:
F#
Here I sit at 25
C#
Now watch my child-hood go by
B
Wish I could go back again
C#
Start the thing over and start again
F#
And I could never fault you
C#
For saying it couldnÂ’t be true
B
What would you want me to believe in
B
Want me to believe in
Intro music, played once through
V2:
F#
Now I sit and wonder why
C#
The best part of my life went by
B
The things were so important then
C#
Disappear and return again
F#
But I could never fault you
C#
For saying it couldnÂ’t be true
B
What would you want me to believe in
B
Want me to believe in
Solo:
Gb,Gb,Gb,F,F,F,Eb,Eb,Eb,B,B,B
Gb,Gb,Gb,F/Gb,F,F,Eb,Eb,Eb,B,B,B
Chorus:
F#,C#, G# B
If IÂ….. Could just convince myself that it was long enough
F#,C#, G# B
But I Â….. just canÂ’t convince myself that it was long enough
F#,C#,G#,B
In my youth
F#,C#,G#,B
V3:
F#
Now that I am old enough
C#
To see the things I missed in life
B
I wish I could go back again,
C#
Start the whole thing over, start again
F#
But I could never fault you
C#
For saying it couldnÂ’t be true
B
What would you want me to believe in
B
Want me to believe in
Solo again
Extended Chorus
F#,C#, G# B
If IÂ….. Could just convince myself that it was long enough
F#,C#, G# B
But I Â….. just canÂ’t convince myself that it was long enough
F#,C#, G# B
And IÂ…. Just canÂ’t convince myself that it was long enough
F#,C#, G# B
But I Â….. just canÂ’t convince myself that it was long enough
F#,C#,G#,B
In my youth
F#,C#,G#,B
In my youth
F#,C#,G#,B
In my youth
F#,C#,G#,B
