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When We Were Young

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[INTRO]
D      F#m
[VERSE]
BmEverybody lF#moves the things you GdoD  
From the way you tEmalk to the way you mDove
BmEverybody F#mhere is watching GyouD  
Cause you feel like hEmome, you're like a dream comDe true
BmBut if by F#mchance you're here GaloneD  
Can I have a Emmoment before I Dgo
BmCause I've been by F#mmyself all night GlongD  
Hoping you're sEmomeone I used to kAnow
[PRE-CHORUS]
You look like a moGvie, A  
You sound like a sF#mongG  
My god this remGinds me   A  
Of when we were yoF#mungA  
[CHORUS]
Let me phDotograph you in this light, in Gcase it is the Alast time
That we mDight be exactly like we wGere before we rAealized
We were Bmsad of getting F#mold, it made us rGestless
Oh I'm so Bmmad I'm getting F#mold, it made me rGeckless
It was just like a mEmovie, you sound like the soAng
When we were youngD  

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When We Were Young

by Fernando Daniel

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

[INTRO]

D F#m

[VERSE]

Bm F#m G D

Everybody loves the things you do

Em D

From the way you talk to the way you move

Bm F#m G D

Everybody here is watching you

Em D

Cause you feel like home, you're like a dream come true

Bm F#m G D

But if by chance you're here alone

Em D

Can I have a moment before I go

Bm F#m G D

Cause I've been by myself all night long

Em A

Hoping you're someone I used to know

[PRE-CHORUS]

G A

You look like a movie,

F#m G

You sound like a song

G A

My god this reminds me

F#m A

Of when we were young

[CHORUS]

D G A

Let me photograph you in this light, in case it is the last time

D G A

That we might be exactly like we were before we realized

Bm F#m G

We were sad of getting old, it made us restless

Bm F#m G

Oh I'm so mad I'm getting old, it made me reckless

Em A

It was just like a movie, you sound like the song

When we were young

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