The Last Younger Son Chords
The Last Younger Son by Ray Wylie Hubbard is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Gm. It uses the chords Gm, C and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
The song is written using chord notation.
The lick below can be played instead of a strum of the Gm chord -
listen to the song to get the feel.
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H P
Intro Gm
Gm
My last name is Younger I am the last Younger son
C
The name I was given
Gm
Was Luke 15:21
C Gm
3 days of thunder 3 days of rain
C Bb Gm
I come to be in this world with a number and a name
Gm
My last name is Younger I am the last Younger son
C Gm
I stand as a witness to the things I have done
C Gm
And I have caused sorrow yet I too have been pained
C Bb Gm
You cannot be in this world and not get stained
Gm
My last name is Younger I am the last Younger son
C Gm
I once had beliefs but now I have none
C Gm
There is no forgiveness for old guns and knives
C Bb Gm
Perhaps it is fitting we don't recall our past lives
Gm
My last name is Younger I am the last Younger son
C Gm
There is a secret I never told anyone
C Gm
Sometimes I see something in a few certain eyes
C Bb Gm
And I behold the future of how and when a man dies
Solo (chords as verse)
Gm
My last name is Younger I am the last Younger son
C Gm
I won't get no older than the age of 21
C Gm
As I look in the mirror I see the future once more
C Bb Gm
And an old friend is waiting just beyond the closed door
Gm
My last name is Younger I am the last Younger son
C
The name I was given
Gm
Was Luke 15:21
C Gm
3 days of thunder 3 days of rain
C Bb Gm
I come to be in this world with a number and a name
Gm C Gm