Borrowed Time Chords
by John Lennon
Borrowed Time by John Lennon is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords E, D and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: E
D A E
When I was younger
D A E
Living confusion and deep dispair
D A E
When I was younger ah hah
D A E
Living illusion of freedom and power
D A E
When I was younger
D A E
Full of ideas and broken dreams (my friend)
D A E
When I was younger ah hah
D A E
Everything simple but not so clear
D E A
Living on borrowed time
D E
Without a thought for tomorrow
D E A
Living on borrowed time
D E
Without a thought for tomorrow
D A E
Now I am older
D A E
The more that I see the less that I know for sure
D A E
Now I am older ah hah
D A E
The future is brighter and now is the hour
D E A
Living on borrowed time
D E
Without a thought for tomorrow
D E A
Living on borrowed time
D E
Without a thought for tomorrow
D A E
Good to be older
D A E
Would not exchange a single day or a year
D A E
Good to be older ah hah
D A E
Less complications everything clear
D E A
Living on borrowed time
D E
Without a thought for tomorrow
D E A
Living on borrowed time
D E
Without a thought for tomorrow