Was I Ever 13 chords by Jann Arden
Guitar chords with lyrics
🎸 Intro:
Em D G Bm C
C D Em G D
Em D G Bm C
C D Em G D
🎸 Verse 1:
Em D G Bm C
Was I ever thirteen, living in my parent's house?
C D Bm
My father drank to wash away his pain
D
While my mother paced around the bedroom floor
Em D G Bm C
Was I ever fifteen and dreaming of the things I'd do?
C D Em
My brother lived for huffing gasoline
D
And my mother would pray until her hands were blue
Am C D
That it was not true
🎸 Chorus:
Em D G
Was I ever thirteen?
G Bm C
Was I ever thirteen?
C D Em D
Was I? Was I? Was I?
🎸 Verse 2:
Em D G Bm C
Was I ever sixteen, thinking I'd be beautiful?
C D Em
The boys were meticulously mean
D
And I didn't have the wherewithal to find my truth
Em D G Bm C
Was I ever s venteen, hoping for a tender kiss?
C D Em
Th y were never meant for girls like me
D
I'd lie in bed and dream about the love I'd miss
🎸 Chorus:
Em D G
Was I ever thirteen?
G Bm C
Was I ever thirteen?
C D Em D
Was I? Was I? Was I?
🎸 Verse 3:
Em D G Bm C
Was I ever eighteen, running through the burning woods?
C D Em D
Living out my immortality and lying to myself about the world I knew
Em D G Bm C
Was I ever nineteen, driving 'round with one headlight?
C D Em D
Looking for the happiness I'd seen in a movie somewhere on a Friday night
Am C D
On a Friday night
🎸 Chorus:
Em D G
Was I ever thirteen?
G Bm C
Was I ever thirteen?
C D Em D
Was I? Was I? Was I? (Oh)
Em D G
Was I ever thirteen?
G Bm C
Was I ever thirteen?
C D Em D
Was I? Was I? Was I?
Em D G
Was I ever thirteen?
G Bm C
Was I ever thirteen?
C D Em D
Was I? Was I? Was I? (Oh)
🎸 Outro:
Em D G
Was I ever thirteen?
G Bm C
Was I ever thirteen?
C D Em D
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