When I Was Older chords by Billie Eilish

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Chords
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A minorAm   x0221x
E7E7   02010x
Fmaj7Fmaj7 xx3210


Capo 2nd fret


Intro:
A minorAm E7E7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 E7E7

Chorus:
A minorAm       E7E7       Fmaj7Fmaj7       E7E7
  When I was older, I was a sailor, on an open sea
A minorAm          E7E7          Fmaj7Fmaj7           E7E7
  But now I'm underwater, and my skin is paler, than it should ever be
   A minorAm
Mmm-hmmm


Verse 1:
A minorAm         E7E7
  I'm on my back again
                      Fmaj7Fmaj7
Dreaming of a time and place where you and I remain the best of friends
            E7E7
Even after all this ends, can we pretend?

A minorAm              E7E7
  I'm on my, I'm on my back again
                       Fmaj7Fmaj7
It's seeming more and more like all we ever do is see how far it bends
                E7E7
Before it breaks in half and then, we bend it back again


Pre-Chorus:
A minorAm
Guess I got caught in the middle of it
                        E7E7
Yes I've been taught, got a little of it in my blood, in my blood
Fmaj7Fmaj7
Memories burn like a forest fire
                   E7E7
Heavy rain turns any funeral pyre to mud, in the flood

Chorus:
A minorAm       E7E7       Fmaj7Fmaj7       E7E7
  When I was older, I was a sailor, on an open sea
A minorAm          E7E7          Fmaj7Fmaj7           E7E7
  But now I'm underwater, and my skin is paler, than it should ever be


Bridge:
A minorAm
  I'm watching movies back to back in black and white, I never

  Seen anybody do it like I do it any better
E7E7
  Then going over you, I'm overdue for no endeavors

  Nobody lonely like I'm lonely and I don't know whether
Fmaj7Fmaj7
  You'd really like it in the limelight

  You'd sympathize with all the bad guys
E7E7
  I'm still a victim in my own right

  But I'm the villain in my own eyes, yeah


Outro:
A minorAm       E7E7       Fmaj7Fmaj7       E7E7
  When I was older, I was a sailor, on an open sea

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