James Blunt - Young Folks: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Young Folks" on your guitar with our chord guide. 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.

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

Cm                      Gm
if i told you things i did before
A#                     Dm
told you how i used to be
Cm                       D#          A#
would you go along with someone like me
Cm                   Gm
if you knew my story word for word
A#                  Dm
had all of my history
Cm                       D#          A#
would you go along with someone like me

Cm                       D#
i did before and had my share
           A#
it didn't lead nowhere
Cm                     D#           A#
i would go along with someone like you
           Cm               D#
it doesn't matter what you did
             A#                 Cm
who you were hanging with
Cm                        D#                A#
we could stick around and see this night through

Chorus:
                            D#
and we don't care about the young folks
                  A#
talkin' 'bout the young style
                            D#
and we don't care about the old folks
                            A#
talkin' 'bout the old style too
                            D#
and we don't care about our own folks
                  A#
talkin' 'bout our own style
                     D#
all we care about is talking
                    A#
talking only me and you

Usually when things has gone this far
People tend to disappear
No one will surprise me unless you do

I can tell there's something going on
Hours seems to disappear
Everyone is leaving I'm still with you

It doesn't matter what we do
Where we are going too
We can stick around and see this night through

Chorus:
And we don't care about the young folks
Talking 'bout the young style
And we don't care about the old folks
Talking 'bout the old style too
And we don't care about their own faults
Talking 'bout our own style
All we care 'bout is talking
Talking only me and you

And we don't care about the young folks
Talking 'bout the young style
And we don't care about the old folks
Talking 'bout the old style too
And we don't care about their own faults
Talking 'bout our own style
All we care 'bout is talking
Talking only me and you

Talking only me and you
Talking only me and you
Talking only me and you


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

D#

Guitar chord D#

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

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 "Young Folks" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Young Folks" by James Blunt.