Key: C Tuning: Standard ♫ Intro: Am G C C Am F C G ♫ Verse : Am G C Guess it's kind of funny,
looking back at those times Am F Getting in playground fights C holding me back G Am Saved my life like once or twice G C We moved to the city I was staying out most nights Am F Hanging with the wrong guys C You pulled me back G Saved my life like once or twice ♫ Pre-Chorus: C G Didn't wanna be young C Didn't wanna be young Am F Yeah we were in such a rush Am G but what a rush C G I know we grew apart, we grew up C though I loved you so much Am F I never said it enough C G could never say enough ♫ Chorus: C We were just kids G F C We had each other, you're still with me Am 'Cause you had my back F I had your back C G You carry me C G Lifted me up, onto your shoulders when F C I couldn't see Am 'Cause you had my back F I had your back C G You carry me ♫ Post-Chorus: C G F C We were just kids, we were just kids Am Yeah we were just kids G F C we were just kids ♫ Verse : Am G In the street playing ball, yeah C So how'd you even get so tall, yeah Am The summers got to F turn into fall, yeah C I swear it's like we've been G through it all, yeah Am G C Hear our mum and dad fighting Hiding in my room like Am we're tryna dodge lighting F Riding in my car, let's forget and get ice cream C Don't you ever wonder G where those nights went? ♫ Pre-Chorus: C G Didn't wanna be young C Didn't wanna be young Am F Yeah we were in such a rush Am G but what a rush C G I know we grew apart, we grew up C though I loved you so much Am F I never said it enough C G could never say enough ♫ Chorus: C We were just kids G F C We had each other, you're still with me Am 'Cause you had my back F I had your back C G You carry me C G Lifted me up, onto your shoulders when F C I couldn't see Am 'Cause you had my back F I had your back C G You carry me ♫ Post-Chorus: C G We were just kids F C we were just kids Am Yeah we were just kids G F C we were just kids ♫ Bridge: C G Didn't wanna be young C Didn't wanna be young Am F Yeah we were in such a rush Am G but what a rush C G I know we grew apart, we grew up, though C I loved you so much Am F I never said it enough C G could never say enough ♫ Chorus: C We were just kids G F C We had each other, you're still with me Am 'Cause you had my back F I had your back C G You carry me C G Lifted me up, onto your shoulders when F C I couldn't see Am 'Cause you had my back F I had your back C G You carry me ♫ Chorus: C We were just kids G F C We had each other, you're still with me Am 'Cause you had my back F I had your back C G You carry me C G Lifted me up, onto your shoulders when F C I couldn't see Am 'Cause you had my back F I had your back C G You carry me ♫ Post-Chorus: C G We were just kids F C we were just kids Chords used in song: Am G C F
We Were Just Kids by Clean Bandit feat. Craig David & Kirsten Joy is a song from the album What Is Love, released on 30 November 2018.
Written by Jack Patterson, Johnny Price & Cara Salimando. Produced by Mark Ralph, Jack Patterson & Grace Chatto.