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[Intro]
E  A  E  A
[Verse 1]
   EFour squeezed in on a Abench seat
   EFive holding on the bAed
   ESlip Joe's older brother a A20, that was plenty
   EFor a case of beer and a pack of AReds
And we were setE  A  
   EWe wore our jerseys on AFridays
   EFelt like kings of the Aworld
   C#mClass ring hanging on a Bsilver chain
   AFrom the neck of your girl
[Chorus]
EHey, back when Ayoung and dumb was beautiful
EWe knew that we knew it all, no Bone could proves us wrong
Those were the   Edays, couldn't Await to lose our innEocence
ABrag about it tEo our friends, BMonday after prom
   C#mSwore we'd always be togetherB, didn't know any better
   ABack when, we thought, we'd be, 18 foreverE  A  
18 foreverE  A  
[Verse 2]
    EBack when freedom was a set of Acar keys
    EWe were half a tank from anywAhere
Yeah, IE'm still wearing that Amemory on me
    EWe got tattoos on a Adare
We didn't EcareA  
[Chorus]
EHey, back when Ayoung and dumb was beautiful
EWe knew that we knew it all, no Bone could proves us wrong
Those were the   Edays, couldn't Await to lose our innEocence
ABrag about it tEo our friends, BMonday after prom
   C#mSwore we'd always be togetherB, didn't know any better
   ABack when, we thought, we'd be, 18 foreverE  A  
18 foreverE  A  
[Bridge]
Well it's cC#mrazy how those fast times,
ones you tBhought would always last times,
    Aturn into wish you had them Bback times
[Chorus]
EHey, back when Ayoung and dumb was beautiful
EWe knew that we knew it all, no Bone could proves us wrong
Those were the   Edays, couldn't Await to lose our innEocence
ABrag about it tEo our friends, BMonday after prom
   C#mSwore we'd always be togetherB, didn't know any better
   ABack when, we thought, we'd be, 18 foreverE  A  
18 foreverE  A  
[Outro]
18 foreverE  A  
          E   A

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18 Forever

by Walker McGuire

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C#m

[Intro]

E A E A

[Verse 1]

E A

Four squeezed in on a bench seat

E A

Five holding on the bed

E A

Slip Joe's older brother a 20, that was plenty

E A

For a case of beer and a pack of Reds

E A

And we were set

E A

We wore our jerseys on Fridays

E A

Felt like kings of the world

C#m B

Class ring hanging on a silver chain

From the neck of your girl

[Chorus]

E A

Hey, back when young and dumb was beautiful

E B

We knew that we knew it all, no one could proves us wrong

E A E

Those were the days, couldn't wait to lose our innocence

A E B

Brag about it to our friends, Monday after prom

C#m B

Swore we'd always be together, didn't know any better

A E A

Back when, we thought, we'd be, 18 forever

E A

18 forever

[Verse 2]

E A

Back when freedom was a set of car keys

E A

We were half a tank from anywhere

E A

Yeah, I'm still wearing that memory on me

E A

We got tattoos on a dare

E A

We didn't care

[Chorus]

E A

Hey, back when young and dumb was beautiful

E B

We knew that we knew it all, no one could proves us wrong

E A E

Those were the days, couldn't wait to lose our innocence

A E B

Brag about it to our friends, Monday after prom

C#m B

Swore we'd always be together, didn't know any better

A E A

Back when, we thought, we'd be, 18 forever

E A

18 forever

[Bridge]

C#m

Well it's crazy how those fast times,

ones you thought would always last times,

A B

turn into wish you had them back times

[Chorus]

E A

Hey, back when young and dumb was beautiful

E B

We knew that we knew it all, no one could proves us wrong

E A E

Those were the days, couldn't wait to lose our innocence

A E B

Brag about it to our friends, Monday after prom

C#m B

Swore we'd always be together, didn't know any better

A E A

Back when, we thought, we'd be, 18 forever

E A

18 forever

[Outro]

E A

18 forever

E A

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