18 chords by Alec Benjamin

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)



Intro:
Am  G/B  C  C
C  G/B  Am
Am  G/B  C  C
C  G/B  Am



Verse 1:
Am      G/B  C
It took so   long for him to find out,
         C   G/B  Am         Am   G/B  C
What she did was  wrong, she took his  heart and turned it inside out,
             C  G/B  Am
And when the morning comes,
       Am   G/B  C
You’ll have to   face them all; I told you so,
           C      G/B  Am
I said you should have known,
             Am    G/B  C                           C  G/B  Fmaj7
You know you should’ve  known right from the start.

Chorus:
Fmaj7       G6              Am7  C  G/B Fmaj7
They try to make you walk away,
               G6                 Am7
But there’s no faith in what they say,
        C          G/B      Fmaj7  G6
Because they’re so far from 18,    18, 18,
Am7      C          G/B     Fmaj7*          G*           Am7*
18, they think they know it all but then forgot it had a hurt, to hurt, to hurt.


Verse 2:
Am       G/B  C
She’s nothing standing in the rain,
          C  G/B  Am  Am  G/B  C                              C   G/B  Am
She’s not waiting for another  reason to keep waiting for the perfect storm,
    Am  G/B   C
And now she’s laughing while she’s crying,
             C      G/B    Am       Am    G/B  C                       C  G/B  Fmaj7
‘cause she’s trying not to show the smile that she has learned to fake.


Chorus:
Fmaj7       G6              Am7  C  G/B Fmaj7
They try to make you walk away,
               G6                 Am7
But there’s no faith in what they say,
        C          G/B      Fmaj7  G6
Because they’re so far from 18,    18, 18,
Am7      C          G/B     Fmaj7*          G*           Am7*
18, they think they know it all but then forgot it had a hurt.


Bridge:
F   G   Em F
Knowing only,
F   G    Em         F                Fmaj7         G6          Em           Fmaj7
knowing, knowing only that there are 18 rules with 18 lies and 18 years of compromise,
    Fmaj7           G6                   Em       Fmaj7
For every time I’ve heard you say you’re only 18, anyway,
       Em       F
You’re only 18, anyway.


Chorus:
Fmaj7       G6              Am7  C  G/B Fmaj7
They try to make you walk away,
               G6                 Am7
But there’s no faith in what they say,
        C          G/B      Fmaj7  G6
Because they’re so far from 18,    18,
Am7      C          G/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/B a G chord can be played.
      • After the chord means strike chord once and let it ring.