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