When I Was Older

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[Intro]
Bmadd9 F#7 Gmaj7 F#7
[Chorus]
Bmadd9 F#7
When I was older
Gmaj7
I was a sailor
F#7
On an open sea
Bmadd9 F#7
But now I'm underwater
Gmaj7
And my skin is paler
F#7
Than it should ever be
Bmadd9
Mhm
[Verse]
Bmadd9 F#7
I'm on my back again
Dreaming of a time and place
Gmaj7
Where you and I remain the best of friends
F#7
Even after all this ends
Can we pretend?
Bmadd9
I'm on my—
F#7
I'm on my back again
It's seeming more and more
Gmaj7
Like all we ever do is see how far it bends
F#7
Before it breaks in half and then
We bend it back again
[Pre-Chorus]
Bmadd9
Guess I got caught in the middle of it
Yes I've been taught, got a little of it
F#7
In my blood, in my blood
Gmaj7
Memories burn like a forest fire
F#7
Heavy rain turns any funeral pyre to mud
In the flood
[Chorus]
Bmadd9 F#7
When I was older
Gmaj7
I was a sailor
F#7
On an open sea
Bmadd9 F#7
But now I'm underwater
Gmaj7
And my skin is paler
F#7
Than it should ever be
[Bridge]
Bmadd9
I'm watching movies back to back.
In black and white, I never seen anybody do it like I do it any better
F#7
Then going over you, I'm overdue for no endeavors
Nobody lonely like I'm lonely and I don't know whether
Gmaj7
You'd really like it in the limelight
You'd sympathize with all the bad guys
F#7
I'm still a victim in my own right
But I'm the villain in my own eyes, yeah
[Outro]
Bmadd9 F#7
When I was older
Gmaj7
I was a sailor
F#7
On an open sea

When I Was Older chords and lyrics

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[Intro]
Bmadd9 F#7 Gmaj7 F#7
[Chorus]
[Verse]
Dreaming of a time and place
Can we pretend?
It's seeming more and more
We bend it back again
[Pre-Chorus]
Yes I've been taught, got a little of it
In the flood
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
In black and white, I never seen anybody do it like I do it any better
Nobody lonely like I'm lonely and I don't know whether
You'd sympathize with all the bad guys
But I'm the villain in my own eyes, yeah
[Outro]

When I Was Older Chords by Billie Eilish

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