When I Was Older Ukulele chords by Billie Eilish

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:

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Chorus:
Dm            A
   When I was older
        Dm
I was a sailor
           Bb    A
On an open sea
Dm                   A
    But now I'm underwater
               Dm
And my skin is paler
                    Bb   A
Than it should ever be
 Dm    Dm
Mhm

Verse:
               A
I'm on my back again

Dreaming of a time and place
              Dm
Where you and I remain the best of friends
                       A
Even after all this ends
    A
Can we pretend?
Dm
  I'm on my—
                A
I'm on my back again

It's seeming more and more
                 Dm
Like all we ever do is see

How far it bends
                                 A
Before it breaks in half and then

We bend it back again

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

Chorus:
Dm             A
    When I was older
        Dm
I was a sailor
           Bb   A
On an open sea
Dm                   A
    But now I'm underwater
               Dm
And my skin is paler
                    Bb   A
Than it should ever be

Bridge:
Dm
   I'm watching movies back to back
In black and white, I never
Dm
  Seen anybody do it like I do it any better
A
  Then going over you, I'm overdue for no endeavors
A
  Nobody lonely like I'm lonely and I don't know whether
Dm
  You'd really like it in the limelight
Dm
  You'd sympathize with all the bad guys
A
  I'm still a victim in my own right
A                                          Dm
  But I'm the villain in my own eyes, yeah

Outro:
           A
When I was older
        Dm
I was a sailor
           Bb    A
On an open sea