Just Kids chords by Mat Kearney

Just Kids By Mat Kearney


Scale: F# Major
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: 95
[INTRO] B C# F# x4
[VERSE]
                B               C#            F#
'Cause it was Bell Biv DeVoe, playing on my radio
             B           C#            F#
And I had Wu-Tang Clan living in my stereo
                B               C#    F#
Mama said we're 6th generation Oregonians
                  B       C#                 F#
I was rocking in Jordans with reflector tongues
             B               C#                  F#
Two kids with wet cement living down in their souls
                     B                      C#                        F#
They say what gets caught when you're young stays there when you're old
    B                             C#       F#
So misunderstood they say you're up to no good
                          B        C#           F#
And now we're trying our best to start it over again

[PRE-CHORUS]
                             B
If I'd had met you at the playground
C#                F#
Before a hand could tear your world down
                           B
Before I slammed down the door and
    C#                   F#
You said I'm just like my old man
                            B
Before I put you in those boxes
         C#             F#
And we learned how to disagree
                            B
And how your family is a rocket
        C#           F#
That blows up in infidelity

[CHORUS]
       B                C#    F#
For crying out loud I wanna know
         B                       C#        F#
How the waves keep on crashing down the doors
         B                              C#               F#
Feel the weight of the world and they keep on bringing more
              B           C#        F#
If it's just you and me on the floor
              B              C#       F#
Go grab your coat and I'll drive us home
                    B
Like we were just kids
C#        F#
Just, j-j-just kids
                  B          C#  F#
J-j-just kids, just, just kids
           B
Like we were just kids
 C#             F#
Just kids, j-j-just kids
B           C#        F#
J-j-just kids, j-j-just kids

[VERSE]
                    B          C#           F#
Bob Marley was painted on my high-school walls
                 B        C#              F#
But I just disappeared into the darkroom hall
          B              C#               F#
Never thought I'd ever make it quite this far
                    B           C#                    F#
Teacher put up my photographs, say "son you'll be a star"
          B               C#                        F#
It was smoking mirrors, running down through my veins
            B                   C#                F#
I kept on running downtown, running from God's grace
                      B               C#            F#
Every morning I'd climb back through, those window panes
            B                    C#               F#
And try my best to ride it out over instrumental tapes

[PRE-CHORUS]
                             B
If I'd had met you at the playground
C#                F#
Before a hand could tear your world down
                           B
Before I slammed down the door and
    C#                   F#
You said I'm just like my old man
                            B
Before I put you in those boxes
         C#             F#
And we learned how to disagree
                            B
And how your family is a rocket
        C#           F#
That blows up in infidelity

[CHORUS]
       B                C#    F#
For crying out loud I wanna know
         B                       C#        F#
How the waves keep on crashing down the doors
         B                              C#               F#
Feel the weight of the world and they keep on bringing more
              B           C#        F#
If it's just you and me on the floor
              B              C#       F#
Go grab your coat and I'll drive us home
                    B
Like we were just kids
C#        F#
Just, j-j-just kids
                  B          C#  F#
J-j-just kids, just, just kids
           B
Like we were just kids
 C#             F#
Just kids, j-j-just kids
B           C#        F#
J-j-just kids, j-j-just kids

[BRIDGE x4]
B                      C#    F#
I can feel it in the way we try
F#
I can feel it in the way we fight
B              C#          F#
We're standing side by side
F#                  B