18 chords by Alec Benjamin

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


Intro:
A minorAm G/BG/B C majorC C majorC
C G/BG/B A minorAm
Am G/BG/B C majorC C majorC
C G/BG/B A minorAm


Verse 1:
A minorAm   G/BG/B C majorC
It took so  long for him to find out,
     C majorC  G/BG/B A minorAm     A minorAm  G/BG/B C majorC
What she did was wrong, she took his heart and turned it inside out,
       C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm
And when the morning comes,
    A minorAm  G/BG/B C majorC
You’ll have to  face them all; I told you so,
      C majorC   G/BG/B A minorAm
I said you should have known,
       A minorAm  G/BG/B C majorC              C majorC G/BG/B Fmaj7Fmaj7
You know you should’ve known right from the start.

Chorus:
Fmaj7Fmaj7    G6G6       Am7Am7 C majorC G/BG/B Fmaj7Fmaj7
They try to make you walk away,
        G6G6         Am7Am7
But there’s no faith in what they say,
    C majorC     G/BG/B   Fmaj7Fmaj7 G6G6
Because they’re so far from 18,  18, 18,
Am7Am7   C majorC     G/BG/B   Fmaj7*     G*      Am7*
18, they think they know it all but then forgot it had a hurt, to hurt, to hurt.


Verse 2:
A minorAm    G/BG/B C majorC
She’s nothing standing in the rain,
     C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm A minorAm G/BG/B C majorC               C majorC  G/BG/B A minorAm
She’s not waiting for another reason to keep waiting for the perfect storm,
  A minorAm G/BG/B  C majorC
And now she’s laughing while she’s crying,
       C majorC   G/BG/B  A minorAm    A minorAm  G/BG/B C majorC            C majorC G/BG/B Fmaj7Fmaj7
‘cause she’s trying not to show the smile that she has learned to fake.


Chorus:
Fmaj7Fmaj7    G6G6       Am7Am7 C majorC G/BG/B Fmaj7Fmaj7
They try to make you walk away,
        G6G6         Am7Am7
But there’s no faith in what they say,
    C majorC     G/BG/B   Fmaj7Fmaj7 G6G6
Because they’re so far from 18,  18, 18,
Am7Am7   C majorC     G/BG/B   Fmaj7*     G*      Am7*
18, they think they know it all but then forgot it had a hurt.

Bridge:
FF  G+G  E minorEm FF
Knowing only,
FF  G+G  E minorEm     FF        Fmaj7Fmaj7     G6G6     E minorEm      Fmaj7Fmaj7
knowing, knowing only that there are 18 rules with 18 lies and 18 years of compromise,
  Fmaj7Fmaj7      G6G6          E minorEm    Fmaj7Fmaj7
For every time I’ve heard you say you’re only 18, anyway,
    E minorEm    FF
You’re only 18, anyway.


Chorus:
Fmaj7Fmaj7    G6G6       Am7Am7 C majorC G/BG/B Fmaj7Fmaj7
They try to make you walk away,
        G6G6         Am7Am7
But there’s no faith in what they say,
    C majorC     G/BG/B   Fmaj7Fmaj7 G6G6
Because they’re so far from 18,  18,
Am7Am7   C majorC     G/BG/B   Fmaj7*     G*      Am7*
  they think they know it all but then forgot it had a hurt, to hurt, to hurt.

Note: Instead of G/BG/B a G+G chord can be played.
   • After the chord means strike chord once and let it ring.