I Was Chords
by Darren Criss
I Was by Darren Criss is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Ab. It uses the chords Ab, Eb/G, Db, Dbm, Ebsus4, Eb, Fm, Fm/Eb, C7, E, Gb, C#, D#, G#, Dbm/E, Am, B/Eb, A, E7, Bm, F#, F#7+, Ebm/F#, Db7, Ebm, B, Bb7 and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Ab Eb/G Db
There was a time when life had meaning
Dbm
Not so long ago
Ab Eb/G Db
I knew the lines, it was easy being
Dbm Ebsus4 Eb
The star of the show
Fm
There was a time
Fm/Eb
When things were fine
Db C7 Fm
I could make wine from water
E Gb
There was a time when I was happy
Db Ebsus4 Eb Ab
When I was Harry Potter
Ab Eb/G Db
There was a time when I was hopeful
Dbm
When I was good inside
Ab Eb/G Db
Everyone said that I was evil
Dbm Ebsus4 Eb
Maybe they were right
Fm
I changed my name
Fm/Eb
I went insane
Db C7 Fm
I've never felt so little
E Gb
I was a fool to think they could love me
Db (C#) Ebsus4 Eb Ab (D# G#)
When I was Thomas Riddle
E
I've fallen
E+
From up high
Dbm/E Am
The world has said goodbye
E
I'm not an angel
E+
Not the answer
Dbm/E Am
I'm just going nowhere faster
E B/Eb A
There was a time I was a hero
Am E
But that hero's gone
E B/Eb A
Looking back I can hardly see him
Am E
Everyone's moved on
E
Cast me aside
E+
Throw me away
Dbm/E
Go on, forget
E7
Yesterday
A Am E E7 A
And I'll try forgetting too
Bm A E
But I wish it was just like it was before
Bm A E
I wish it was just like it was before
F#
Now I've fallen
F#7+
From up high
Ebm/F# Bm
The world has said goodbye
F#
I'm not an angel
F#7+
Not the answer
Ebm/F# Bm
How did life become disaster?
Db Db7
I'm just going nowhere faster
Ebm
There was a time before
F#
I was adored
B Bb7 Ebm
By every son and daughter
D E
There was a time when I was happy
B Bm F# F#7+ F#
When I was Harry Potter