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Was I Ever 13 Chords by Jann Arden

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
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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
Was I? Was I? Was I?

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