Loves Labours Lost - Young Men
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Young men
E
Are supposed to have sex
E
And get drunk
E C
And sleep in on Sunday morning till brunch
C
Young men
C
Aren't supposed to read philosophy
G
Between the ages of twenty-two and thirty
C
Young men are supposed to be callow and cavalier
G
About things that later they will have to think are important
F G
Young men
F G
Young men
A
Young men
[Chorus]
A
The world is supposed to open like an oyster
A
The world is supposed to open like an oyster
A F
The world is supposed to be ours!
[Verse 2]
D D/B
I don't wanna be the one who wastes precious time
Em/G
The one who has no fun while I'm in my prime
Em/G
Before I'm done there will be dancing and girls...
A
Whoa! Oh oh oh oh oh!
D D/B
I don't wanna pledge my brain to some college town
D/B
Before I've had a chance to look around
D/G
Locked up with Dumaine in a cap and gown
E
That isn't the reason you go to Brown
A
Or Wesleyan
A A
Or other schools young men attend
A Bm
Whoa! Oh oh oh oh oh!
[Bridge]
F#m Bm
Why fast when there are bones we could be sucking dry? (Sucking dry?)
F#m
Why give up anything when there are jokes and drinks
A Em
And things to try, oh? (Things to try, oh?)
G
Don't make me be serious already
Em
Don't make me be thirty already
G
Don't make me be responsible already
Em
Don't make me be grown up already
G
Don't make me be anything but one of those
[Verse 2]
A
Young men (Young men)
E
Are supposed to watch porn (Dumaine loves porn!) (I need it!)
A
Young men (Young men, young men)
E
Aren't supposed to read Plato
E
Or Derrida
E
Or Yeats
E
Or Adorno
E
Or Shakespeare
E
Or Kant
E
Or Goethe
E
Or Hawthorne
E
books that sit on our shelves forlorn
N.C.
Why read them now if we didn't before?
[Chorus]
D
No oaths, no regrets
A
No serious intentions
D
No bookish retreats
A
No quiet contemplation
D A
The world is supposed to open like an oyster
D F
The world is supposed to be ours!
[Verse 3]
A
Young men (Young men)
Bm
Are supposed to eat meat, look sharp
C#m D
Dump girls, that's part of the deal
Esus
That's what you're owed
E
When you're
A
Young men!
How to play Loves Labours Lost - Young Men
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.