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Song title:      When We Were Young
Original Album:	 25 (Adele)

Words and Music by Adele Adkins and Tobias Jessop Jr.
Copyright © 2016 XL Recordings
Published by ???

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (www.gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Capo on 3. Chords are relative to capo. Timing is 4/4.


INTRO:
Chords:
Am  x02210    C/E  032010
Em  022000    Dm7  xx0211 or x57565
F   x33211    C    x32010


[play: 4/4| Am  Em | F  C/E | Dm7 | C |]

 

VERSE1:
Chords:
Am   x02210    C/E  032010 or 035553    C/B    x22010
Em   022000    Dm7  xx0211 or x57565    Gsus4  3x0013
F    x33211    C    x32010 or x35553    G      3x0033


| Am          Em                 | F   C/E
    Everybody loves the things you do

               | Dm7               | C
From the way you talk to the way you move

| Am          Em       | F     C/E
    Everybody here is watching you

                   | Dm7                          | C    C C/B
'Cause you feel like home, you're like a dream come true


| Am          Em                | F    C/E
    But if by chance you're here alone

           | Dm7           | C   C C/B
Can I have a moment before I go

| Am                    Em             | F     C/E
    'Cause I've been by myself all night long

            | Dm7             | Gsus4  G
Hoping you're someone I used to know

 

PRE-CHORUS:
Chords:
F   x33211
G   320003
Em  022000


              | F      G                | Em   F
You look like a movie,   you sound like a song

             | F       | G               | Em    G
My God, this reminds me    of when we were young

 

CHORUS1:
Chords:
C   x32010    G    320003    Fm     x33111
Em  022000    Am   x02210    Dm7    xx0211 or x57565
F   x33211    C/E  032010    Gsus4  3x0013


     | C            | Em              | F            | G
Let me photograph you in this light, in case it is the last time

     |  C       | Em           | F              G
That we might be exactly like we were before we realized

      | Am           | C/E           | F       | Fm
We were sad of getting old, it made us restless

                 | Dm7    F                  | Gsus4  G
It was just like a movie,   it was just like a song

 

VERSE2:
Chords:
Am   x02210    C/E  032010 or 035553    C/B    x22010
Em   022000    Dm7  xx0211 or x57565    Gsus4  3x0013
F    x33211    C    x32010 or x35553    G      3x0033


| Am        Em              | F     C/E
   I was so scared to face my fears

     | Dm7                 | C     C C/B
Nobody told me that you'd be here

| Am            Em          | F     C/E
    And I swear you moved overseas

              | Dm7              | Gsus4 G
That's what you said when you left me

 

[repeat PRE-CHORUS]


CHORUS2:
Chords:
C   x32010    G    3x0003    Fm     x33111    Bdim  x2313x
Em  022000    Am   x02210    Dm     xx0231
F   x33211    C/E  032010    Fmb5   x231xx


     | C            | Em              | F            | G
Let me photograph you in this light, in case it is the last time

     |  C       | Em           | F              G
That we might be exactly like we were before we realized

      | Am           | C/E           | F       | Fm
We were sad of getting old, it made us restless

                 | Dm7    F                  | G    Fmb5
It was just like a movie,   it was just like a song


   | Am            C/G
When we were young

   | F             C/E
When we were young

   | Am
When we were young

   | F             Bdim
When we were young


 
VERSE3:
Chords:
Am   x02210    C/E  032010             C/B   x22010
C/G  332010    Dm7  xx0211 or x57565   G     3x0033
F    x33211    C    x32010             Fmb5* x3210x


     Am       C/G      | F               C/E
It's hard to admit that, everything just takes me back

      | Dm7                   | G              Fmb5*
To when you were there, to when you were there

    | Am               C/G       | F               C/E
And a part of me keeps holding on, just in case it hasn't gone.

    | Dm7            | G
Guess I still care. Do you still care?

 

[repeat PRE-CHORUS]

   | C             Em
When we were young

   | F             G
When we were young

   | C             Em
When we were young

   | F             G
When we were young

 

CHORUS3:
Chords:
C   x32010    G    320003    Fm     x33111
Em  022000    Am   x02210    Dm7    xx0211 or x57565
F   x33211    C/E  032010    Gsus4  3x0013


     | C            | Em              | F            | G
Let me photograph you in this light, in case it is the last time

     |  C       | Em           | F              G
That we might be exactly like we were before we realized

      | Am           | C/E           | F        Fm
We were sad of getting old, it made us restless

         | Am            | C/E            | F        Fm
Oh, I'm so glad of getting old, it makes me reckless

                 | Dm7    F                  | Gsus4  G
It was just like a movie,   it was just like a song

           | C
When we were young