🎸 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 Was I? Was I? Was I?
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