When You Were Young Chords
by Del Amitri
When You Were Young by Del Amitri is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords Esus4, E, D5, A/D, A5, Asus2, A6, A, C#m, D, E7, E6, C#m7, Dsus2, D6, F#m, Em7, G, Bm, Dsus4, D6sus2 and F#mi. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
e|---------/---------/--------0h2-/
B|---------/3---2----/----0---0h2-/
G|2---1----/2---2----/2---2---2-2-/ 2x
D|2---2---0/----0----/2---2---2-2-/
A|2---2----/--------0/----0---0-0-/
E|0---0----/---------/------------/
Esus4 E
Look at the
D5 A/D
fool you have
A5 Asus2 A6
been
Esus4 E
They drained the
D5 A/D
pool while you
A Asus2 A D5
drowned in the dream
Esus4 E
They bought your
D5 A/D
beauty and your
A5 Asus2 A6
soul
Esus4 E
Then softly sold you
D5 A/D A5 Asus2 A6
back what they stole
C#m D
So look into the mirror
C#m D
do you recognise some one
C#m D
Is it who you always hoped
E7 E6
you would be come
A Asus2 A
When you were young
C#m C#m7 C#m
Dsus2 A/D D6
F#m F#m F#m
When you were young
E6 D5
Esus4 E D5 A/D
The disap pointment of
A5 Asus2 A6
Suc cess
Esus4 E
Hangs from your
D5 A/D
shoul ders like a
A Asus2 A D5
hand me down dress
Esus4 E
And down
D5 A/D
nost algi a's rocky
A5 Asus2 A6
road
Esus4 E
You watch your former
D5 A/D
lovers growing
A5 Asus2 A6
old
C#m D
So look into the mirror
C#m D
do you recognise some one
C#m D
Is it who you always hoped
E7 E6
you would be come
A Asus2 A
When you were young
C#m C#m7 C#m
Dsus2 A/D D6
F#m F#m F#m
When you were young
E6 D5
Break:
Em7 A
Some times your lack of sympathy
Em7 A
gets hard to ex plain
G D
So on your mask of make up, you just
Bm C#m D Ei A
paint a little paro dy of pain
Solo: (A) Dsus4 D (2x)
C#m D
So look into the mirror
C#m D
do you recognise some one
C#m D
Is it who you always hoped
E7 E6
you would be come
A Asus2 A
When you were young
C#m C#m7 C#m
Dsus2 A/D D6sus2
F#m F#mi F#m
When you were young
E6 D5
A Asus2 A
When you were young
C#m C#m7 C#m
Dsus2 A/D D6sus2
F#m F#mi F#m
When you were young
E6 D5
A Asus2 A
Duu dudu duuu duu du du
C#m C#m7 C#m
Duuu duu du du
Dsus2 A/D D6sus2
Duuu
F#m F#mi F#m
Duu dudu duuu duduu du du
Ei Eii E6
Duuu duu du du
D5
Duuuduu
A Asus2 A
Duu dudu duuu duu du du
C#m C#m7 C#m
Duuu duu du du
Dsus2 A/D D6sus2
Duuu
F#m F#mi F#m
Duu dudu duuu duduu du du
Ei Eii E6
Duuu duu du du
D5 /
Duuuduu
Outro: A