When We Were Young Chords
by Kevin Max
When We Were Young by Kevin Max is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Dm, Am and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C Dm Am F
Verse
C Dm
No prejudice, no tone or color
Am F
No borderlines, just sisters and brothers
C Dm
Through our eyes, it's all the same
Am F
So innocent, so unashamed
Pre-Chorus
C Dm
Ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo-oohoo
When we were young
Am F
Ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo-oohoo
When we were
Verse
C Dm
Without fear, without a doubt
Am F
Belief so pure, not turned around
C Dm Am
Literally free of sarcasm wide open and trust
F
We were just
Pre-Chorus
C Dm
Ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo-oohoo
When we were young
Am F
Ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo-oohoo
When we were
C Dm
Yo-ung, and unafraid
m
Of the same blood, created to love
C Dm
Pu-re, and unashamed
Am F
Hand over heart, let's all go back to the start
C Dm
Ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo-oohoo
When we were young
Am F
Ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo-oohoo
When we were
Verse
C Dm
See this land, we've propogated
Am F
It's cracked and toned, it's segregated
C Dm
Into those, we love and hate
Am F
We've built these walls, to separate
Pre-Chorus
C Dm
Ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo-oohoo
When we were young
Am F
Ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo-oohoo
When we were
C Dm
Yo-ung, and unafraid
m
Of the same blood, created to love
C Dm
Pu-re, and unashamed
Am F
Hand over heart, let's all go back to the start
C Dm
Ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo-oohoo
When we were young
Am F
Ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo-oohoo
Wish we were young
Bridge
C Dm
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Am F
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
C Dm
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Am F
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo-oohoo
C Dm
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Am F
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo-oohoo
C Dm
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Am F
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo-oohoo
Wish we were
C Dm
Yo-ung, and unafraid
m
Of the same blood, created to love
C Dm
Pu-re, and unashamed
Am F
Hand over heart, let's all go back to the start
C Dm
Ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo-oohoo
When we were young
Am F
Ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo-oohoo
Wish we were young