Bob Dylan - My Back Pages: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "My Back Pages" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn My Back Pages Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Bob Dylan

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "My Back Pages" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

  D#      Cm          Gm
Crimson flames tied through my ears
   G#             A#     D#
Rollin' high and mighty traps
 D#           Cm       Gm     D#
Pounced with fire on flaming roads
  G#        Gm     A#
Using ideas as my maps
        G#     Cm      A#        D#
"We'll meet on edges, soon," said I
 Cm                  G# A#
Proud 'neath heated brow.
     D#               Cm      D#
Ah, but I was so much older then,
     G#      A#        D#
I'm younger than that now.

 D#            Cm     Gm
Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth
  G#           A#         D#
"Rip down all hate," I screamed
 D#        Cm       Gm
Lies that life is black and white
G#                       A#
Spoke from my skull. I dreamed
   Cm              Gm
Romantic facts of musketeers
     G#                A#
Foundationed deep, somehow.
        D#     Cm     Gm      G#
Ah, but I was so much older then,
     A#                D#
I'm younger than that now.

Girls' faces formed the forward path
From phony jealousy
To memorizing politics
Of ancient history
Flung down by corpse evangelists
Unthought of, thought, somehow
        D#            G#     D#
Ah, but I was so much older then
    G#       A#        D#
I'm younger than that now.

A self-ordained professor's tongue
Too serious to fool
Spouted out that liberty
Is just equality in school
"Equality," I spoke the word
As if a wedding vow
        D#            Cm
Ah, but I was so much older then
    G#       A#       D#
I'm younger than that now.

In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand
At the mongrel dogs who teach
Fearing not that I'd become my enemy
In the instant that I preach
   Cm                   G#     D#
My existence led by confusion boats
Cm           Gm       A#
Mutiny from stern to bow
        D#     Cm     G#     D#
Ah, but I was so much older then
    A#            D#
I'm younger than that now.

Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats
Too noble to neglect
Deceived me into thinking
I had something to protect
Good and bad, I define these terms
Quite clear, no doubt, somehow
        D#     Cm     G#     D#
Ah, but I was so much older then
     A#               D#
I'm younger than that now.


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A#

Guitar chord A#

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

D#

Guitar chord D#

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

G#

Guitar chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "My Back Pages" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "My Back Pages" by Bob Dylan.

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