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When I Was Older

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Chords for strumming
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Amx02210
E7x20100 (or x2013x)
Fmaj7xx3210
Capo 2nd fret
[Intro]
e|--Am------0---------0--|--E7--0---------0--------|--Fmaj7------0---------0--|--E7--0-----------0--------|
B|----0-1-------0-1----|------3-0-------3-0----|------1---------1----|------3-0---------3-0----|
G|--2---------2--------|--1---------1-------1--|----2---------2------|--1-------1---1-------1--|
D|---------------------|-----------------------|--3---------3--------|-------------------------|
A|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
E|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
AmWhen I was oE7lder, I was a sFmaj7ailor, on an open sE7ea
AmBut now I'm underwE7ater, and my skin is pFmaj7aler, than it should ever bE7e
Mmm-hAmmmm
[Verse 1]
AmI'm on my back aE7gain
Dreaming of a time and place where you and Fmaj7I remain the best of friends
Even after all this endE7s, can we pretend?
AmI'm on my, I'm on my back aE7gain
It's seeming more and more like all we ever dFmaj7o is see how far it bends
Before it breaks in half and theE7n, we bend it back again
[Pre-Chorus]
AmGuess I got caught in the middle of it
Yes I've been taught, got a little of it in my E7blood, in my blood
Fmaj7Memories burn like a forest fire
Heavy rain turns any funeral pyre to E7mud, in the flood
[Chorus]
AmWhen I was oE7lder, I was a sFmaj7ailor, on an open sE7ea
AmBut now I'm underwE7ater, and my skin is pFmaj7aler, than it should ever bE7e
[Bridge]
AmI'm watching movies back to back in black and white, I never
Seen anybody do it like I do it any better
E7Then going over you, I'm overdue for no endeavors
Nobody lonely like I'm lonely and I don't know whether
Fmaj7You'd really like it in the limelight
You'd sympathize with all the bad guys
E7I'm still a victim in my own right
But I'm the villain in my own eyes, yeah
[Outro]
AmWhen I was oE7lder, I was a sFmaj7ailor, on an open sE7ea

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