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Way Back When

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Kodaline - Way Back When
Capo 2
Standard Tuning
CD version (in live versions they usually drop half tone)
Chords acording to capo:
    G*   C*   D*  D*7  D**     D/F#  Em7*  Dsus  
e|--x----x----x---x----x-----3----3-----3-|
B|--12---12---x---7----8-----0----3-----3-|
G|--x----x----7---x----x-----0----0-----2-|
D|--12---10---7---7----7-----0----2-----0-|
A|--10---x----5---5----5-----x----2-----x-|
E|--x----8----x---x----x-----2----x-----x-|
Chords without *, are normal open chords (C-G-D-D7)
[Intro] 
G*
[Verse]
G*
We never had that much to do
                                     C*
So we'd just lay around in someone’s house
  D*                           D**
Someday I’ll have it all again
   D*7              G*
Just like way back when
G*
Back then we’d sleep until the afternoon
                             C*
Then we'd just get up and go outside
       D*                             D**
Open a window, let the breeze blow in,
D*7            G*
Forget everything
[Chorus]
Yea, Cthose will be the Gdays that I will be D/F#missing youC  
When I’m older, when I’m Ggray and when I’ll D/F#stop workingC  
I hope that I can Gsay
When all my days are DdoneD7  
                             G*
We were just having fun
[Verse]
G*
Well we’d go drinking in the afternoon
                                C*
Lie out on the grass, and fall asleep
           D*                       D**
Oh will I ever see that girl again?
D*7                     G  
The girl from way back when
G*
Yea, we used to share a cigarette
                                 C*
And t'row together everything we had
             D*                         D**
And then go driving in my parents’ car
D*7                   G*
We never strayed too far
[Chorus]
Oh yea, Cthose will be the Gdays that I will be D/F#missing youC  
When I’m older, when I’m Ggray and when I’ll D/Fstop workingC  
I hope that I can Gsay
When all my days are DdoneD7  
                   G*
That I had my fun
C G D G D
  CThose will be the dGays that I had my DfunD7  
Yea, Ctime can move so Gfast
                D   Dsus- Em7* - D  
Some things are made to last
Here's to Cyou, my dear old Gfriend
From way Dback whenD7  
[Outro]
Yea, Cthose will be the Gdays that I will be D/F#missing youC  
When I’m older, when I’m Ggray and when I’ll D/F#stop workingC  
I hope that I can Gsay
When all my days are DdoneD7  
                     G*
That I had my fun

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Way Back When

by Kodaline

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

D/F#

Em7

Dsus

D/F

Kodaline - Way Back When

Capo 2

Standard Tuning

CD version (in live versions they usually drop half tone)

Chords acording to capo:

G C D D D D/F# Em7 Dsus

* * * *7 ** *

e|--x----x----x---x----x-----3----3-----3-|

B|--12---12---x---7----8-----0----3-----3-|

G|--x----x----7---x----x-----0----0-----2-|

D|--12---10---7---7----7-----0----2-----0-|

A|--10---x----5---5----5-----x----2-----x-|

E|--x----8----x---x----x-----2----x-----x-|

C G D D7

Chords without *, are normal open chords (---)

[Intro]

[Verse]

We never had that much to do

So we'd just lay around in someone’s house

D D

* **

Someday I’ll have it all again

D G

*7 *

Just like way back when

Back then we’d sleep until the afternoon

Then we'd just get up and go outside

D D

* **

Open a window, let the breeze blow in,

D G

*7 *

Forget everything

[Chorus]

C G D/F# C

Yea, those will be the days that I will be missing you

G D/F# C

When I’m older, when I’m gray and when I’ll stop working

I hope that I can say

D D7

When all my days are done

We were just having fun

[Verse]

Well we’d go drinking in the afternoon

Lie out on the grass, and fall asleep

D D

* **

Oh will I ever see that girl again?

D G

The girl from way back when

Yea, we used to share a cigarette

And t'row together everything we had

D D

* **

And then go driving in my parents’ car

D G

*7 *

We never strayed too far

[Chorus]

C G D/F# C

Oh yea, those will be the days that I will be missing you

G D/F C

When I’m older, when I’m gray and when I’ll stop working

I hope that I can say

D D7

When all my days are done

That I had my fun

C G D G D

C G D D7

Those will be the days that I had my fun

C G

Yea, time can move so fast

D Dsus Em7 D

- * -

Some things are made to last

C G

Here's to you, my dear old friend

D D7

From way back when

[Outro]

C G D/F# C

Yea, those will be the days that I will be missing you

G D/F# C

When I’m older, when I’m gray and when I’ll stop working

I hope that I can say

D D7

When all my days are done

That I had my fun

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