{"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":1858082,"song":"When We Were Hooligans","artist":"Louis Dunford","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11413073-when-we-were-hooligans-chords-by-louis-dunford/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1858082?type=chord","rating":4.90565,"votes":23,"content":"X - dead chord\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]   \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E[/ch]  \r\nSometimes I sit and reminisce, about the good old days I miss [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]B[/ch] \r\nabout the days I spent with all my friends[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]E[/ch]  \r\nIn fact, I’ve come to realise, those were the best days of our lives,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]B[/ch] \r\nOh what I’d give to be 14 once again[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut still nostalgia makes me sick, I feel I’ve grown up far too quick [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]B[/ch] \r\nBut I can’t help thinking about back in the days[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen we were the riff we were the raff, my Pals would wait outside my gaff[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]B[/ch] \r\nThe door would open and you’d hear my old girl say[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh no he can’t come out to Play tonight, he’s lucky he ain't dead the shite[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]B[/ch] \r\nHe stole another tenner out of my purse[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd so all you boys can piss off home, don’t bell him on his dog & bone[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]B[/ch] \r\nI swear to god you fuckers make him worse.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C#m[/ch] \r\nBut little did she know[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]B[/ch]                                         \r\nThat when she's tucked up oh so tight, [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwe'd roam the streets till it was light[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]B[/ch]\r\nRun from old bill all through the night, [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nUntil the day[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B[/ch]     \r\nWe were Delinquents little shits[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwe were the hoodrats taking sips[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nOut of the bottle, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nwhile we sit on your estate[/tab]\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch] \r\nAnd life was so simple then, [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nwhen we were hooligans. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo off we’d roam into night, we'd ride our stolen pedal bikes[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]B[/ch] \r\nAnd who’s to say where we would go or who we’d see[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut still a plan that never fails, get on the booze and off the rails [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]B[/ch] \r\nWe’d Buy a 20 bag of snout with fake ID, [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd all our clobber was on form, we’d wear the sweet mate uniform[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]B[/ch] \r\nGrey tracksuit bottoms, Ralph Lauren we're looking suave[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd all the birds are throwing up, cheap chardonnay in plastic cups[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]B[/ch]  N.C.\r\nDressed like it’s prom night but they're pissing in a park [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nAnd it’s only 8 O’clock[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]B[/ch]\r\nBut who’s to say romance is dead, [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe’s in the bushes off her head[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWith an older boy who stole a ped [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nthat she adores[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nBut old prince charming’s just a drip, [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe smell of stella on his lips[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]B[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch] \r\nHer make up’s run, Her tights are ripped, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nher knees are sore[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch] \r\nAnd girls were so foolish then[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]  \r\nWhen we were a hooligans.[/tab]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo as the night would carry on, the joints were rolled the birds were gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]B[/ch] \r\nAs all the boys sat on the benches getting stoned[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd as we got high into the night, you’d hear the sirens, see the lights [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]B[/ch] \r\nOh it’s the scum, here they come to take us home[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo, with a meaty on the way, we’d throw the booze and green away[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]B[/ch] \r\nWe’d jump the fence, lodge out the park, onto the street[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]                                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh hurry up boys fuckin hell, I can’t spend the night locked in cell[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]B[/ch] \r\nCause my old man and my old girl think I’m asleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut what a way to end the night, chased through the streets by flashing lights[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]B[/ch] \r\nif you can’t have it on your toes your getting chored[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd as the night came to an end, we'd lost the old ball once again[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]B[/ch] \r\nbefore my mum was up, I’d slip through the front door[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C#m[/ch] \r\nOh my how times have changed [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nSo as I sit and reminisce [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nabout those good old days I miss[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]B[/ch]\r\nSo much has changed, sometimes I wish[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nI’d not grown old[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThey'd call us hoodrats, call us scum, [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI’d call us kids just having fun[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWe were delinquents who would call [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nthese streets our own.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd we believed things would be that way forever then[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen we hooligans[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen we hooligans[/tab]","plain_text":"X - dead chord\n[Intro]\nE   \n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\nE\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\nE\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["E","A","B","C#m","Bm","Am","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}