Were Just Kids Chords
by Dave Days
Were Just Kids by Dave Days is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am, F, G, Em and C/E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
C
I messed up but
Am F
won't stop now
G C
We will become the
F Am G
greats of the worst mistakes
C Am
Won't fail to let you
F G C
down We've got plenty of
F G
time to figure it out
Distortion:
C Am F G C F Am G
C Am F G C F G Am G F
verse 1
C
I'm a mess
I'm a wreck
Worked hard to
F
be Had enough
Screwed it up
C
But the blame on me
Doors locked left
the light on
in my bedroom
F
I won't be
home tonight
C
Oh they tried to
tell me (wrote
it all out)
Am
Their words went
through me
F
(fell the ground)
C
I must have missed
the message
(won't let it go)
F G
And fell overboard
C
I fucked up but
Am F
won't stop now
G C
We will become the
F Am G
greats of the worst mistakes
C Am
Won't fail to let you
F G C
down We've got plenty of
F G Am G F
time to figure it out
C Am F G C F Am G C Am F G C F G
we're just kids
verse 2:
C
Unprepared
(hard to get)
until they
F
do the work now
wasting time
(Far behind)
Got my head
C
in the clouds
I feel on top of
the world and
F
I'm not looking down
C
Oh they tried to
tell me (wrote
it all out)
Am
Their words went
through me
F
(fell the ground)
C
I must have missed
the message
(won't let it go)
F G
And fell overboard
C
I fucked up but
Am F
won't stop now
G C
We will become the
F Am G
greats of the worst mistakes
C Am
Won't fail to let you
F G C
down We've got plenty of
F G Am G F
time to figure it out
Interlude: F Em Am
Bridge:
F C/E Am
We're just kids
F
We're just kids
C/E
Waiting for the answers
Am
Holding on to hope
F C/E
Running out of chances
Am
Won't let it go
F
Won't let it go
C/E
Waiting for the answers
Am
Holding on to hope
F C/E
Running out of chances
Am
Won't let it go
F
Won't let it go
won't let it go
G
won't let it go
won't let it go
C
I messed up but
Am F
won't stop now
G C
We will become the
F Am G
greats of the worst mistakes
C Am
Won't fail to let you
F G C
down We've got plenty of
F G
time to figure it out
Guitar Solo:
C Am F G C F Am G
C Am F G C F G
C
I fucked up but
Am F
won't stop now
G C
We will become the
F Am G
greats of the worst mistakes
C Am
Won't fail to let you
F G C
down We've got plenty of
F G
time to figure it out
C
I fucked up but
Am F
won't stop now
G C
We will become the
F Am G
greats of the worst mistakes
C Am
Won't fail to let you
F G C
down We've got plenty of
F G Am G F
time to figure it out
F
we're just kids