Nineteen Chords
by Old 97s
Nineteen by Old 97s is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, E and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
A D E
Nineteen
D A D E
Is not the age of reason.
D Bm D
I didn't have a reason
A D E D
For setting you free.
A D E
I've seen
D A D E
A lot of love go sour.
D Bm D
But that's not our love.
Bm D(hold)
You see the problem was
A D E D
I was only nineteen.
Yeah, I was only nineteen.
Finished up with high school.
Headed for a state school.
Wandered into you.
Big screen
Kissing in a movie.
God, you moved me around.
We got seriously down.
But I was only nineteen.
Bm
All I ever wanted to do
D
Was lie around in bed with you.
A D E
I was only nineteen.
D A D E
I was only nineteen.
D A D E
I was only nineteen.
D A D E
I was only nineteen.
I've seen
A lot of love go bad now.
That's not how our affair
Would've wound up I swear.
But I was only nineteen.
Chorus
I was only nineteen.