When We Were Young
Adele, 25, 2015.
Writers: Adele Adkins, Tobias Jesso Jr.
Producer: Ariel Rechtshaid
Label: XL
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Cm
Ebmaj7/G
Ab
Ebmaj7/G
Fm7add2
Eb
Cm
Everybody
Ebmaj7/G
loves
the things you do,
Ab
Eb/G
from the way you tal
Fm7
k,
to the way you move.
Eb
Cm
Everybody
Ebmaj7/G
here
is wat
Ab
ching you.
Eb/G
‘Cause you feel like
Fm7
home,
you’re like a dream come
Eb
true.
Cm
But if by
Ebmaj7/G
chance
you’re here a
Ab
lone,
Eb/G
can I have a mo
Fm7
ment,
before I
Eb
go?
Cm
‘Cause I’ve been by
Ebmaj7/G
myself
all night
Ab
long,
Eb/G
hoping you’re
Fm7
someone
I used to
Bbsus
know.
Bb
You look like a mo
Ab
vie,
Bbsus
you sound like a
Gm7
song,
Ab6
my God this remin
Ab
ds me,
Bbsus
of when we were
Gm7
young.
Bbsus
Let me pho
Eb
tograph you in
Gm6
this
light
in case
Ab
it is the last
Bb
time,
that we might,
Eb
be e
Gm6
xactly like we were
Ab
before we rea
Bb
lized,
we were
Cm7
scared of getting old
Gm
it made us rest
Abmaj7
less.
Abm
It was just like a mo
Fm7
vie,
it was just like a
Bbsus
song…
Cm
I was so
Ebmaj7/G
scared to face my
Ab
fears,
Eb/G
nobody told
Fm7
me
that you’d be
Eb
here.
Cm
And I’d swear
Ebmaj7/G
you moved o
Ab
verseas,
Eb/G
that’s what you
Fm2
said,
when you left
Bbsus2
me.
Bb
You still look like a mo
Ab
vie,
Bbsus
you still sound like a
Gm7
song.
Ab6
My God this re
Ab
minds me,
Bb
of when we were young.
Gm7
Bbsus
Let me pho
Eb
tograph you in
Gm6
this
light
in case
Ab
it is the last
Bb
time,
that we might,
Eb
be e
Gm6
xactly like we were
Ab
before we rea
Bb
lized,
we were
Cm7
sad of getting old
Gm
it made us rest
Abmaj7
less.
Abm
It was just like a mo
Fm7
vie,
it was just like a
Bbsus
song…
G/B
When we
Cm
were young,
Eb/Bb
when we
Ab2
were young,
Eb/G
when we
Fm7
were
young,
when we
Bbsus
were young…
G/B
It’s har
Cm
d to
Eb/Bb
win me back,
Ab6
everything just takes
Eb/G
me
back,
to when
Fm7
you were there,
to when you
Bbsus
were there.
G/B
And a pa
Cm
rt of me keeps
Eb/Bb
holding
on,
Ab6
just in case it
Eb/G
hasn’t
gone
I guess
Fm7
I still care.
Do
Bbsus
you still care?
Bb
It was just like a m
Ab
ovie
Bb
it was just like a
Gm7
song.
Ab
My God this reminds me
Bb
of when we were you
Gm7
ng.
Bbsus
When we
Eb
were young,
Gm7
when we
Ab
were young,
Bb
when we
Eb
were young,
Gm7
when we
Ab
were young.
Bb
Let me pho
Eb
tograph you in
Gm6
this
light
in case
Ab
it is the last
Bb
time,
that we might,
Eb
be e
Gm6
xactly like we were
Ab
before we rea
Bb
lized,
we were
Cm7
sad of getting old
Gm
it made us rest
Abmaj7
less.
Abm
Oh I’m so
Cm7
mad I’m getting old
Gm
It makes me reck
Abmaj7
less
Abm
It was just like a
Fm7
movie,
it was just like a
Bbsus
song,
Bb
when we were young.
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