When You Were Young Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][D][C][G][D][C][G]
[D]

[Verse 1]
Look at the [C]fool
you [G]have [D]been
They drained [C]the pool while you
[G]drowned in the[C] dream[D]
They bought your [C]beau
ty and your [G]soul
Then [D]softly sold [C]you back what they [G]stole

[Verse 2]
So [G]look [Bm]into [C]the mirror do
you re[Bm]cognise [C]someone
Is it [Bm]who you [C]always hoped
you would be[D]come
[G]When you were [Bm]young
[C]

[Interlude 1]
[Am][C][Em][D][C][D]

[Verse 3]
The [C]disappointment of suc[G]cess
[D]Hangs from your sho[C]ulders like a[G]
hand-me down [C]down [D]dress
And [C]down nostalgia's rocky [G]road
You watch your [D]former [C]lovers growing old
[G]

[Verse 4]
So [Bm]look [G]into [C]the mirror do
you re[Bm]cognise [C]someone
Is it [Bm]who you always h[C]oped you
would be[D]come[G][Bm][C]
When you [Em]were young
[D][C]

[Verse 5]
Some[Dm]times your lack of [G]sym
pathy gets [Dm]hard to ex[G]plain
So [F]on your [C]mask of [F]make [C]up just pai[Am]nt
A [G]little [C]parody of pain

[Interlude 2]
[G][D][G][C][G][C]

[Verse 6]
So I [C]look into the mirror and
I recog[Bm]nise [C]someone
It is [Bm]who you always h[C]oped
you would be[D]come[G]
When [Bm]you w[C]er[Em]e[D][C]
[G]you[C]ng[Am][Em]

[Outro 1]
[D][C][G][C][Am]
[Em][G][D][G][C][G][C][Am]
[Em][D][G][C]