Young Folks Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

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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]
                            F
and we don't care about the young folks
                  C
talkin' 'bout the young style
                            F
and we don't care about the old folks
                            C
talkin' 'bout the old style too
                            F
and we don't care about our own folks
                  C
talkin' 'bout our own style
                     F
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]
                             F
and we don't care about the young folks
                  C
talkin' 'bout the young style
                            F
and we don't care about the old folks
                            C
talkin' 'bout the old style too
                            F
and we don't care about our own folks
                   C
talkin' 'bout our own style
                     F
all we care about is talking
Dm                  Am
talking only me and you  
 
[Chorus]
                             F
and we don't care about the young folks
                  C
talkin' 'bout the young style
                            F
and we don't care about the old folks
                            C
talkin' 'bout the old style too
                            F
and we don't care about our own folks
                   C
talkin' 'bout our own style
                     F
all we care about is talking
Dm                  Am
talking only me and you
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
X

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Young Folks – Peter Bjorn and John

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11 comments

Awesome, this sounds a little better to me, though. 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 Also, I think this line should be an Am instead of a C C talkin' 'bout the old style too

The chorus should be: F and we don't care about the young folks C talkin' 'bout the young style F and we don't care about the old folks Dm Am talkin' 'bout the old style too F and we don't care about our own folks C talkin' 'bout our own style F all we care about is talking Dm Am talking only me and you

lmao when someone actually fixes a tab, and comments the changes, but then someone has the guts to change it back to its incorrect version, leaving the comments to be better than the tab itself.