{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1004990,"song":"You Were Cool","artist":"The Mountain Goats","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11221931-you-were-cool-chords-by-the-mountain-goats/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1004990?type=chord","rating":4.98173,"votes":140,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  x2\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\n This is a song with the same four chords[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI use most of the time when I've got something on my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I don't wanna squander the moment[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTrying to come up with a better way to say what I want to say[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nPeople were mean to you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut I always thought you were cool[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nclicking down the concrete hallway[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nwith your spiked heels[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nback in high school.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  x2\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's good to be young but let's not kid ourselves[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's better to pass on through those years and come out the other side[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith our hearts still beating[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHaving stared down demons; come back breathing[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nPeople were mean to you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut I always thought you were cool[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nclicking down the concrete hallway[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nwith your spiked heels[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nback in high school.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou deserved better than you got[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSomeone's got to say it sometime because it's true.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nPeople should have told you you were awesome,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch] ***\r\nInstead of taking advantage of you.[/tab]\r\nD           Em        A      (half beat only for both Em and A)\r\nI hope you love your life\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike I love mine.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI hope the painful memories only flex their power over you[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA little of the time.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe held onto the hope of better days coming[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd when we did we were right.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI hope the people who did you wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHave trouble sleeping every night.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nPeople were mean to you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut I always thought you were cool[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nclicking down the concrete hallway[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nwith your spiked heels[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nback in high school.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  x2\r\n\r\n*** In the video I transcribed this from, he seems to plays A here. However he\r\nsings to a G chord and I think it sounds better.","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD  A  Em  G  x2\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nD  A  Em  G  x2\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\nD           Em        A      (half beat only for both Em and A)\nI hope you love your life\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nD  A  Em  G  x2\n\n*** In the video I transcribed this from, he seems to plays A here. However he\nsings to a G chord and I think it sounds better.","chords":["D","A","Em","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}