Was I Ever 13 chords by Jann Arden

Chords with lyrics

🎸 Intro:

E minorEm D MajorD G+G B minorBm C majorC
C D MajorD E minorEm G+G D MajorD
E minorEm D MajorD G+G B minorBm C majorC
C D MajorD E minorEm G+G D MajorD


🎸 Verse 1:
E minorEm D MajorD G+G               B minorBm   C majorC
Was I ever thirteen, living in my parent's house?
   C majorC   D MajorD    B minorBm
My father drank to wash away his pain
         D MajorD
While my mother paced around the bedroom floor
E minorEm D MajorD  G+G                B minorBm     C majorC
Was I ever fifteen and dreaming of the things I'd do?
   C majorC    D MajorD     E minorEm
My brother lived for huffing gasoline
D MajorD
And my mother would pray until her hands were blue
A minorAm C majorC     D MajorD
  That it was not true

🎸 Chorus:
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
Was I ever thirteen?
G+G B minorBm  C majorC
Was I ever thirteen?
 C majorC D MajorD E minorEm   D MajorD
Was I? Was I? Was I?

🎸 Verse 2:
E minorEm D MajorD G+G               B minorBm   C majorC
Was I ever sixteen, thinking I'd be beautiful?
   C majorC  D MajorD   E minorEm
The boys were meticulously mean
       D MajorD
And I didn't have the wherewithal to find my truth
E minorEm D MajorD G+G              B minorBm   C majorC
Was I ever s venteen, hoping for a tender kiss?
 C majorC     D MajorD   E minorEm
Th y were never meant for girls like me
      D MajorD
I'd lie in bed and dream about the love I'd miss

🎸 Chorus:
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
Was I ever thirteen?
G+G B minorBm  C majorC
Was I ever thirteen?
 C majorC D MajorD E minorEm   D MajorD
Was I? Was I? Was I?

🎸 Verse 3:
E minorEm D MajorD G+G                  B minorBm  C majorC
Was I ever eighteen, running through the burning woods?
 C majorC  D MajorD    E minorEm          D MajorD
Living out my immortality and lying to myself about the world I knew
E minorEm D MajorD G+G                 B minorBm    C majorC
Was I ever nineteen, driving 'round with one headlight?
 C majorC    D MajorD    E minorEm              D MajorD
Looking for the happiness I'd seen in a movie somewhere on a Friday night
A minorAm C majorC    D MajorD
  On a Friday night

🎸 Chorus:
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
Was I ever thirteen?
G+G B minorBm  C majorC
Was I ever thirteen?
 C majorC D MajorD E minorEm   D MajorD
Was I? Was I? Was I? (Oh)
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
Was I ever thirteen?
G+G B minorBm  C majorC
Was I ever thirteen?
 C majorC D MajorD E minorEm   D MajorD
Was I? Was I? Was I?
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
Was I ever thirteen?
G+G B minorBm  C majorC
Was I ever thirteen?
 C majorC D MajorD E minorEm   D MajorD
Was I? Was I? Was I? (Oh)

🎸 Outro:
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
Was I ever thirteen?
G+G B minorBm  C majorC
Was I ever thirteen?
 C majorC D MajorD E minorEm   D MajorD
Was I? Was I? Was I?