When We Were Young
INTRO
Piano arr. for guitar
CEAEFEb/G
|-----------|-----------|------|------| Note: Chord versions are using Gm instead of Eb/G.
|-4----4----|-4----4----|-4----|-4----| In the video, at 0:47, you can see the pianist's
|-5----3----|-5----3----|-1----|-3----| finger playing the Eb note, the bass sounds a G,
|-5----5----|-6----5----|-3----|-5----| that's why I conclude it's an Eb inversion, not
|-3---------|-----------|------|------| a Gm chord.
|------3----|-4----3----|-1----|-3----|
VERSE I
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CEAEFEEb/G
|| -----------|-----------|------|------ ||---------|
|| -4----4----|-4----4----|-4----|-4---- ||-4-------|
||O-5----3----|-5----3----|-1----|-3----O||-3-------|
||O-5----5----|-6----5----|-3----|-5----O||-5-------|
|| -3---------|-----------|------|------ ||-----6-5-|
|| ------3----|-4----3----|-1----|-3---- ||-3-------|
Cm Eb/G Ab
Everybody loves the things you do
Eb/G Fm7 Eb/G
From the way you talk, to the way you move
Cm Eb/G Ab Eb/G
Everybody here is watching you
Fm7 Eb/G
'Cause you feel like home, you're like a dream come true
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CEAEFEBbG
|| -----------|-----------|------|--------- ||--------------|
|| -4----4----|-4----4----|-4----|-4------- ||-6----------6-|
||O-5----3----|-5----3----|-1----|-3-------O||-7----8-7---7-|
||O-5----5----|-6----5----|-3----|-5-------O||-8---8------8-|
|| -3---------|-----------|------|-----6-5- ||----8---------|
|| ------3----|-4----3----|-1----|-3------- ||-6---------(8)|
Cm Eb/G Ab
But if by chance you're here alone
Eb/G Fm7 Eb/G
Can I have a moment before I go-
Cm Eb/G Ab Eb/G
'Cause I've been by myself all night long
Fm7 Bb
Hoping you're someone I used to know
PRE-CHORUS
Playing tip: Play chords syncopated
Ab Bb Gm Ab Bb Gm Bbsus4 *
|--------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-4----4------6---6--|-3---3-4---4-|-4---4-6---6-|-3---3--6---6-| * Not totally sure about this chord
|-5----5------7---7--|-3---3-5---5-|-5---5-7---7-|-3---3--8---8-|
|-6----6------8---8--|-5---5-6---6-|-6---6-8---8-|-5---5--8---8-|
|--------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-4---(4)-----6--(6)-|-3--(3)4--(4)|-4--(4)6--(6)|-3--(3)-6-----|
| (X): Hold note
|
| Lead guitar + slight chorus
| let ring thoughout
|-11------11----11---|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|------11-----11--11-|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|--------------------|-----O/------|------------O//-------------|
|--------------------|-----/O------|------------//O-------------|
|--------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|--------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
O/O: Single simile
O//O: Double simile
Ab Bb
You look like a movie
Gm Ab
You sound like a song
Bb
My God, this reminds me
Gm Bbsus4 *
Of when we were young
CHORUS
EGABb
|| ----------------|--------------- ||
|| -4----4-3----3--|-4---4--6---6-- ||
||O-3----3-3----3--|-5---5--7---7--O||
||O-5----5-5----5--|-6---6--8---8--O||
|| -6---(6)--------|--------------- ||
|| --------3---(3)-|-4--(4)-6--(6)- ||
|
| let ring
|| -11-----11------|--------------- ||
|| ------11-----11-|--------------- ||
||O----------------|------O/-------O||
||O----------------|------/O-------O||
|| ----------------|--------------- ||
|| ----------------|--------------- ||X2
Eb Gm Ab Bb
Let me photograph you in this light, in case it is the last time
Eb Gm Ab Bb
Though, it might be exactly like we were before we realized
CEAFFBb
|---------------|--------------|---------|-----------|
|-4----4-4---4--|-4------4-----|-1---4---|-6---------|
|-5----5-3---3--|-5-----5--4v--|-1---1---|-7----8-7--|
|-5----5-5---5--|-6----6-------|-3---3---|-8---8-----|
|-3---(3)-------|--------------|---------|----8------|
|--------3--(3)-|-4---(4)------|-1--(1)--|-6-(6)-----|
| v: vibrato
|let ring
|-11-----11-----|--------------|---------|-----------|
|------11----11-|--------------|-13vv----|-11vv------|
|---------------|------O/------|---------|-----------|
|---------------|------/O------|---------|-----------|
|---------------|--------------|---------|-----------|
|---------------|--------------|---------|-----------|
Cm Eb/G Ab
We were sad of getting old, it made us restless
Fm Fm7 Bb
It was just like a movie, it was just a song
VERSE
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CEAEFEBbG
|| -------------|-----------|------|--------- ||--------------|
|| -4----4------|-4----4----|-4----|-4------- ||-6----------6-|
||O-5----3------|-5----3----|-1----|-3-------O||-7----8-7---7-|
||O-5----5------|-6----5----|-3----|-5-------O||-8---8------8-|
|| -3-----------|-----------|------|-----6-5- ||----8---------|
|| ------3------|-4----3----|-1----|-3------- ||-6---------(8)|
|
|
|| -11-----11---|-----------|------|--------- ||
|| ------11--11-|-----------|------|--------- ||
||O-------------|----O/-----|-----O//--------O||
||O-------------|----/O-----|-----//O--------O||
|| -------------|-----------|------|--------- ||
|| -------------|-----------|------|--------- ||X2
Cm Eb/G Ab Eb/G
I was so scared to face my fears
Fm7 Eb/G
'Cause nobody told me that you'd be here
Cm Eb/G Ab Eb/G
And I swear if you moved overseas
Fm7 Bb
That's what you said when you left me
PRE-CHORUS
ABGABGBbsus4
|--------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-4----4------6---6--|-3---3-4---4-|-4---4-6---6-|-3---3--6---6-|
|-5----5------7---7--|-3---3-5---5-|-5---5-7---7-|-3---3--8---8-|
|-6----6------8---8--|-5---5-6---6-|-6---6-8---8-|-5---5--8---8-|
|--------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-4---(4)-----6--(6)-|-3--(3)4--(4)|-4--(4)6--(6)|-3--(3)-6-----|
|
|
| let ring thoughout
|-11------11----11---|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|------11-----11--11-|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|--------------------|-----O/------|------------O//-------------|
|--------------------|-----/O------|------------//O-------------|
|--------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|--------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
Ab Bb
You still look like a movie
Gm Ab
You still sound like a song
Bb
My god this reminds me
Gm Bsus4
Of when we were young
CHORUS
EGABb
|| ----------------|--------------- ||
|| -4----4-3----3--|-4---4--6---6-- ||
||O-3----3-3----3--|-5---5--7---7--O||
||O-5----5-5----5--|-6---6--8---8--O||
|| -6---(6)--------|--------------- ||
|| --------3---(3)-|-4--(4)-6--(6)- ||
|
| let ring
|| -11-----11------|--------------- ||
|| ------11-----11-|--------------- ||
||O----------------|------O/-------O||
||O----------------|------/O-------O||
|| ----------------|--------------- ||
|| ----------------|--------------- ||X2
Eb Gm Ab Bb
Let me photograph you in this light, in case it is the last time
Eb Gm Ab Bb
Though, it might be exactly like we were before we realized
CEAFFBb
|---------------|--------------|---------|-----------|
|-4----4-4---4--|-4------4-----|-1---4---|-6---------|
|-5----5-3---3--|-5-----5--4v--|-1---1---|-7----8-7--|
|-5----5-5---5--|-6----6-------|-3---3---|-8---8-----|
|-3---(3)-------|--------------|---------|----8------|
|--------3--(3)-|-4---(4)------|-1--(1)--|-6-(6)-----|
| v: vibrato
|let ring
|-11-----11-----|--------------|---------|-----------|
|------11----11-|--------------|-13vv----|-11vv------|
|---------------|------O/------|---------|-----------|
|---------------|------/O------|---------|-----------|
|---------------|--------------|---------|-----------|
|---------------|--------------|---------|-----------|
Cm Eb/G Ab
We were sad of getting old, it made us restless
Fm Fm7 Bb
It was just like a movie, it was just a song
BRIDGE
CEAEFBB5
|-------------|-----------|------|------------|
|-4----4------|-4----4----|-4----|-6----------|
|-5----3------|-5----3----|-1----|-7----8-----|
|-5----5------|-6----5----|-3----|-8---8--9---|
|-3-----------|-----------|------|----8-------|
|------3------|-4----3----|-1----|-6------7---|
|
|
|-11-----11---|-----------|------|------------|
|------11--11-|-----------|------|------------|
|-------------|----O/-----|-----O//-----------|
|-------------|----/O-----|-----//O-----------|
|-------------|-----------|------|------------|
|-------------|-----------|------|------------|
Cm Eb/G
When we were young
Ab Eb/G
When we were young
Fm7
When we were young
Bb B5
When we were young
BRIDGE
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CEAEFBBBb
|| -------------|-------------|------|------------ ||-----------|
|| -4----4------|-4----4-4----|-4----|-6---------- ||-6----6-6--|
||O-5----3------|-5---5--3----|-1----|-7----8-----O||-7---7--7--|
||O-5----5------|-6--6---5----|-3----|-8---8--9---O||-8--8---8--|
|| -3-----------|-------------|------|----8------- ||-----------|
|| ------3------|-4------3----|-1----|-6------7--- ||-6-----(6)-|
|
|
|| -11-----11---|-------------|------|------------ ||
|| ------11--11-|-------------|------|------------ ||
||O-------------|----O/-------|-----O//-----------O||
||O-------------|----/O-------|-----//O-----------O||
|| -------------|-------------|------|------------ ||
|| -------------|-------------|------|------------ ||
Cm Eb/G Ab Eb/G
It's hard to admit that everything just takes me back
Fm7
To when you were there
Bb B5
To when you were there
Cm Eb/G Ab Eb/G
And the part of me keeps hoping on just in case it hasn't gone
Fm7
I guess I still care
Bb
Do you still care-
PRE-CHORUS
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ABGAGAb
|| -8----8-10------10-|-10-----10-8----8- ||-10-----10-8----|
|| -9---9--11----11---|-11---11---9---9-- ||-11---11---9----|
||O-8--8---10--10-----|-12-12-----8--8---O||-12-12-----8----|
||O-6------8----------|-----------6------O||-----------6----|
|| -------------------|-10--------------- ||-10-------------|
|| -------------------|------------------ ||----------------|
Ab Bb
It was just like a movie
Gm Ab
It was just like a song
Ab Bb
My god this reminds me
Gm Bb
Of when we were young!
BRIDGE
Eb/G Gm
When we were young
Ab Bb
When we were young
Eb/G Gm
When we were young
Ab Bb
When we were young
CHORUS
EGABb
|| ----------------|--------------- ||
|| -4----4-3----3--|-4---4--6---6-- ||
||O-3----3-3----3--|-5---5--7---7--O||
||O-5----5-5----5--|-6---6--8---8--O||
|| -6---(6)--------|--------------- ||
|| --------3---(3)-|-4--(4)-6--(6)- ||
|
| let ring
|| -11-----11------|--------------- ||
|| ------11-----11-|--------------- ||
||O----------------|------O/-------O||
||O----------------|------/O-------O||
|| ----------------|--------------- ||
|| ----------------|--------------- ||X2
Eb Gm Ab Bb
Let me photograph you in this light, in case it is the last time
Eb Gm Ab Bb
Though, it might be exactly like we were before we realized
CEABCEABb
|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|-4----4-4---4--|-4----4--6----6-|-4----4-4---4--|-4----4--6----6-|
|-5----5-3---3--|-5----5--7----7-|-5----5-3---3--|-5----5--7----7-|
|-5----5-5---5--|-6----6--8----8-|-5----5-5---5--|-6----6--8----8-|
|-3---(3)-------|----------------|-3---(3)-------|----------------|
|--------3--(3)-|-4---(4)-6---(6)|--------3--(3)-|-4---(4)-6---(6)|
|
|let ring
|-11-----11-----|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|------11----11-|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|------O/--------|--------------O//---------------|
|---------------|------/O--------|--------------//O---------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
Cm Eb/G Ab Bb
We were sad of getting old, it made us restless
Cm Eb/G Ab Bb
Oh, I'm so mad, I'm getting old, it makes me reckless
FFABEb/G
|---------|-------------|----3----|
|-1---4---|-4-----4-6---|----4----|
|-1---1---|-5----5--7---|----3----|
|-3---3---|-6---6---8---|----5----|
|---------|-------------|----6----|
|-1---1---|-4-------6---|----3----|
Fm Fm7 Ab Bb
It was just like a movie, it was just like a song
Eb/G
When we were young