We Were Cool chords by Lori McKenna

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: EADGBE

"We Were Cool" - Lori McKenna - The Bird and the Rifle - 2016
        Transcribed by wranglingoutlaw

Capo 4 & key of BB

Intro - | G+G | C majorC | G+G | C majorC ..

   G+G
His brother had a Chevy Malibu
     C majorC
I was sitting in the back seat
     D MajorD
On some dead end road
       C majorC
We weren’t supposed to know

  G+G
I remember thinking He would break My heart
    C majorC
I was green as an evergreen
    D MajorD
But I fell right in
      C majorC
Never the same again

 G+G
Duran Duran on the radio
   C majorC
The Wild Boys and the days of gold
    D MajorD
I was sitting on His right
              C majorC
On His left was a fresh tattoo
         | C majorC | G+G |
And man, We were cool

   G+G
His Daddy had a drinking problem
  C majorC
My Daddy worked way too hard
         D MajorD
And We were both running from -
          C majorC
What We swore We’d never become

     G+G
Killing time in a Walgreens parking lot
       C majorC
Mapping out dreams that never came true
        D MajorD
When freedom’s all You want
         C majorC
Freedom’s really all You got

       G+G
Smells Like Teen Spirit on tape cassette
      C majorC
Before We ever heard of the internet
 D MajorD
Redemption was a ragtop
         C majorC
All We needed was fuel
         G+G
And man, We were cool

       E minorEm       D MajorD   C majorC
We were gonna burn this town down...
       E minorEm           D MajorD    C majorC
We were gonna run these streets 'till they ran out

        G+G
You worked the night shift Slinging fast food
     C majorC
All the French fries We could stand
          D MajorD
There was something in His eyes
        C majorC
I could never quite define

      G+G
Then We’d race that V6 all night
  C majorC
And I was like putty in His hands
      D MajorD
Memorizing back roads
         C majorC
'till He had to take Me home

 G+G
Duran Duran on the radio
   C majorC
And those Wild Boys would never know
     D MajorD
We had a baby on the way -
               C majorC
The year Our friends started school
          G+G
But man, We were cool

       E minorEm       D MajorD   C majorC
We were gonna burn this town down...
       E minorEm           D MajorD    C majorC
We were gonna run these streets 'till they ran out

     G+G
But then dreams fade into the ever blue
   C majorC
And time just slips away from You
      D MajorD
So You’re staring at each other
      C majorC
Remembering when We were cool