What Was That Tab by Lorde

What Was That tab by Lorde

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Capo on 5th

CAPO 5th

CHORDS
         C      G      Em     D
E|----------------------------2---------|
B|-------1-------------0------3---------|
G|-------0------0------0------2---------|
D|-------2------0------2------0---------|
A|-------3------2------2----------------|
E|--------------3-----------------------|




Intro:

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E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|---3-------3-------3-------3--3--3----|

E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|---3-------3-------3-------3--3--3----|



Verse 1:

                    A place in the
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|---2----------------------------------|
A|---3----------------------------------|
E|---3-------3-------3-------3--3--3----|

   city
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|---2----------------------------------|
A|---2----------------------------------|
E|---3-------3-------3-------3--3--3----|

                  A chair in a
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|---0----------------------------------|
A|---2----------------------------------|
E|---3-------3-------3-------3--3--3----|

     bed
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|---0----------------------------------|
A|---0----------------------------------|
E|---3-------3-------3-------3--3--3----|

                    I cover up all the
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|---2----------------------------------|
A|---3----------------------------------|
E|---3-------3-------3-------3--3--3----|

   mirrors, I
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|---2----------------------------------|
A|---2----------------------------------|
E|---3-------3-------3-------3--3--3----|

     can’t see myself
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|---0----------------------------------|
A|---2----------------------------------|
E|---3-------3-------3-------3--3--3----|

     yet
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|---0----------------------------------|
A|---0----------------------------------|
E|---3-------3-------3-------3--3--3----|

                    I wear smoke like a
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|---2----------------------------------|
A|---3----------------------------------|
E|---3-------3-------3-------3--3--3----|

   wedding veil
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|---2----------------------------------|
A|---2----------------------------------|
E|---3-------3-------3-------3--3--3----|

                  Make a meal i won’t
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|---0----------------------------------|
A|---2----------------------------------|
E|---3-------3-------3-------3--3--3----|

     eat
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|---0----------------------------------|
A|---0----------------------------------|
E|---3-------3-------3-------3--3--3----|

               Step out into the street
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|---2----------------------------------|
A|---3----------------------------------|
E|---3-------3-------3-------3--3--3----|

   alone in a sea
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|---2----------------------------------|
A|---2----------------------------------|
E|---3-------3-------3-------3--3--3----|

                          It comes
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|---0----------------------------------|
A|---2----------------------------------|
E|---3-------3-------3-------3--3--3----|

     over me
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|---0----------------------------------|
A|---0----------------------------------|
E|---3-------3-------3-------3--3--3----|



Pre-Chorus:

         Oh I’m missing you
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|----------------2---------------------|
A|----------------3---------------------|
E|----------------3---------------------|
 Yeah I’m missing you And all the things we used to do
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|----------------2----------0----------|
A|----------------2----------0----------|
E|----------------3----------3----------|

Chorus:

   MDMA in the back garden
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------2------2------2---------2-------|
A|------3------3------3---------3-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|

      blow our pupils up
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------2------2------2---------2-------|
A|------2------2------2---------2-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|

       We kissed for hours straight
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------0------0------0---------0-------|
A|------2------2------2---------2-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|

      Well baby what was that?
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------0------0------0---------0-------|
A|------0------0------0---------0-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|


      I remember saying then
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------2------2------2---------2-------|
A|------3------3------3---------3-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|

        “This is the best cigarette
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------2------2------2---------2-------|
A|------2------2------2---------2-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|

      of my life”
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------0------0------0---------0-------|
A|------2------2------2---------2-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|

     Well, I want you just like that
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------0------0------0---------0-------|
A|------0------0------0---------0-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|


      Indio haze, we’re on a sandstorm
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------2------2------2---------2-------|
A|------3------3------3---------3-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|

      and it knocks me out
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------2------2------2---------2-------|
A|------2------2------2---------2-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|

       I didn’t know then that you’d
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------0------0------0---------0-------|
A|------2------2------2---------2-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|

      never be enough for-
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------0------0------0---------0-------|
A|------0------0------0---------0-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|


      Since i was seventeen
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------2------2------2---------2-------|
A|------3------3------3---------3-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|

       I gave you everything Now,
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------2------2------2---------2-------|
A|------2------2------2---------2-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|

       we wake from a dream Well,
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------0------0------0---------0-------|
A|------2------2------2---------2-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|

      baby, what was that?
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------0------0------0---------0-------|
A|------0------0------0---------0-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|




E|--------------------------------------|
B|---------0---0-----0------------------|
G|---------0-----2---0-------0------0---|
D|---------2---------2-------0--2p0-0---|
A|------3--3---------3-------2------2---|
E|------------------------3---------3---|

                       What was that?
E|-----------------------------------0--|
B|-------0-----------------3--3--0------|
G|-------0---2p0---2-------2------2-----|
D|-------2---------2-------0------0-----|
A|----2--2---------2----0--0------0-----|
E|--------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------|
B|---------0---0-----0------------------|
G|---------0-----2---0-------0------0---|
D|---------2---------2-------0--2p0-0---|
A|------3--3---------3-------2------2---|
E|------------------------3---------3---|

                   Baby, what was that?
E|-----------------------------------0--|
B|-------0-----------------3--3--0------|
G|-------0---2p0---2-------2------2-----|
D|-------2---------2-------0------0-----|
A|----2--2---------2----0--0------0-----|
E|--------------------------------------|


Verse 2:

C                         Em
Do you know you're still with me
G                   D
When I'm out with my friends?
C                Em               G               D
I stare at the painted faces that talk current affairs
C                        Em
You had to know this was happening
G                      D
You weren't feeling my heat
         C                          Em
When I'm in the blue light, down at Baby's All Right
  G          D
I face reality

  C                  Em
I tried (I tried) to let (to let)
   G                        D
Whatever has to pass through me, pass through
    C         Em               G
But this is staying a while, I know
             D
It might not let me go


Chorus:

   MDMA in the back garden
       C
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------2------2------2---------2-------|
A|------3------3------3---------3-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|

      blow our pupils up
       G
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------2------2------2---------2-------|
A|------2------2------2---------2-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|

       We kissed for hours straight
       Em
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------0------0------0---------0-------|
A|------2------2------2---------2-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|

      Well baby what was that?
        D
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------0------0------0---------0-------|
A|------0------0------0---------0-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|


      I remember saying then
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------2------2------2---------2-------|
A|------3------3------3---------3-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|

        “This is the best cigarette
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------2------2------2---------2-------|
A|------2------2------2---------2-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|

      of my life”
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------0------0------0---------0-------|
A|------2------2------2---------2-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|

     Well, I want you just like that
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------0------0------0---------0-------|
A|------0------0------0---------0-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|


      Indio haze, we’re on a sandstorm
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------2------2------2---------2-------|
A|------3------3------3---------3-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|

      and it knocks me out
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------2------2------2---------2-------|
A|------2------2------2---------2-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|

       I didn’t know then that you’d
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------0------0------0---------0-------|
A|------2------2------2---------2-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|

      never be enough for-
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------0------0------0---------0-------|
A|------0------0------0---------0-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|


      Since i was seventeen
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------2------2------2---------2-------|
A|------3------3------3---------3-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|

       I gave you everything Now,
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------2------2------2---------2-------|
A|------2------2------2---------2-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|

       we wake from a dream Well,
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------0------0------0---------0-------|
A|------2------2------2---------2-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|

      baby, what was that?
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------0------0------0---------0-------|
A|------0------0------0---------0-------|
E|------3------3------3---------3-------|




E|--------------------------------------|
B|---------0---0-----0------------------|
G|---------0-----2---0-------0------0---|
D|---------2---------2-------0--2p0-0---|
A|------3--3---------3-------2------2---|
E|------------------------3---------3---|

                       What was that?
E|-----------------------------------0--|
B|-------0-----------------3--3--0------|
G|-------0---------2-------2------2-----|
D|-------2---------2-------0------0-----|
A|----2--2---------2----0--0------0-----|
E|--------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------|
B|---------0---0-----0------------------|
G|---------0-----2---0-------0------0---|
D|---------2---------2-------0--2p0-0---|
A|------3--3---------3-------2------2---|
E|------------------------3---------3---|

        Cause i want you just like that
E|-----------------------------------0--|
B|-------0-----------------3--3--0------|
G|-------0---2p0---2-------2------2-----|
D|-------2---------2-------0------0-----|
A|----2--2---------2----0--0------0-----|
E|--------------------------------------|



Outro:

When i’m in the blue light i can make it alright
E|--------------------------------------|
B|-------------0---0--------------------|
G|-----0---0------------0--0------0--0--|
D|-----2----------------0--0------0--0--|
A|--3--3-----3-----------------2--------|
E|--------------------3-----------------|

                       What was that?
E|-----------------------------------0--|
B|-------0-----------------3--3--0------|
G|-------0---------2-------2------2-----|
D|-------2---------2-------0------0-----|
A|----2--2---------2----0--0------0-----|
E|--------------------------------------|

When i’m in the blue light i can make it alright
E|--------------------------------------|
B|-------------0---0--------------------|
G|-----0---0------------0--0------0--0--|
D|-----2----------------0--0------0--0--|
A|--3--3-----3-----------------2--------|
E|--------------------3-----------------|

                    Baby, what was that?
E|--------------------------------------|
B|-------0-----------------3------------|
G|-------0---------2-------2--0---2--0--|
D|-------2---------2-------0------0-----|
A|----2--2---------2----0--0------0-----|
E|--------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|---3-------3-------3-------3--3--3----|

E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|---3-------3-------3-------3--3--3----|

Published: May 10, 2025

Last updated: May 10, 2025

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