Life After 25 chords by Nerina Pallot

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse:

G+G          Bm/F#
I was like you when I was your age
 E minorEm            B/D#B/D#
A augmentedA little self-conscious, a little staged
E minorEm          G/DG/D         C majorC
Wanting the world to know how clever I thought I was

 G+G             Bm/F#
I don't mean to judge or to patronise
   E minorEm              B/D#B/D#
God, don't look at me, 'cause I'll never be wise
   E minorEm           G/DG/D          C majorC     Cmaj7Cmaj7
I've fucked the best moments up in my life for the sake of it

Pre-chorus:
 D/C D MajorD     E minorEm
Oh, you're a walking disaster
D/F#D/F#
Plain as day to see
 D/C    D MajorD
Oh, and it takes one to know one
BB   B/D#B/D#  B/F#
I know how you feel

Chorus:
E minorEm C majorC      G+G     B7B7
Oh, we'll be alright, alright
    E minorEm           C majorC     G+G  B7B7
'Cause I've heard that there's life after 25, ahh
 E minorEm             C majorC
I know your result and you're being emphatic
 G+G                 B7B7
I know what you're like and you're very dramatic
  E minorEm           C majorC      G+G  B7B7 B/D#B/D# B/F#
But I've heard that there's life after 25

Verse:

G+G         Bm/F#
Heaven above and heaven forbid
     E minorEm             B/D#B/D#
You don't read the right books and you don't want to live
E minorEm          G/DG/D         C majorC
The way that they think you should in the Sunday supplement (on Sundays we say)

G+G          Bm/F#
Everyone's happy and everyone's fine
    E minorEm         B/D#B/D#
'Cause everyone's ironic all of the time
   E minorEm           G/DG/D   C majorC   Cmaj7Cmaj7
And don't you just wish for something real?

Pre-chorus:
 D/C D MajorD     E minorEm
Oh, you're a walking disaster
E minorEm         D/F#D/F#
Come over here, sit down with me
 D/C D MajorD
Yeah, 'cause I know what it's like
BB   B/D#B/D#  B/F#
I know the way you feel

Chorus:
E minorEm C majorC      G+G     B7B7
Oh, we'll be alright, alright
    E minorEm           C majorC     G+G  B7B7
'Cause I've heard that there's life after 25, ahh
 E minorEm             C majorC
I know your result and you're being emphatic
 G+G                 B7B7
I know what it's like and you're very dramatic
  E minorEm           C majorC      G+G  B7B7 B/D#B/D# B/F#
But I've heard that there's life after 25, oh

Instrumental:

E minorEm C majorC G+G B7B7
E minorEm C majorC G+G B7B7
E minorEm C majorC G+G B7B7
E minorEm C majorC G+G B7B7 B/D#B/D# B/F#
BB B/D#B/D# B/F#
BB B/D#B/D# B/F#

Verse:

G+G           Bm/F#
Can't we be honest and can't we just say things like
E minorEm           B/D#B/D#
"Indie, it's all a bit shit anyway"
E minorEm       G/DG/D        C majorC   Cmaj7Cmaj7
And who really cares 'bout being cool?

Pre-chorus:
 D/C D MajorD     E minorEm
Oh, you're a walking disaster
E minorEm         D/F#D/F#
Come over here, sit down with me
 D/C D MajorD
Yeah, 'cause I know what it's like
 E minorEm        D/F#D/F#
I know the way it feels
 D/C D MajorD     E minorEm      D/F#D/F#     D/C D MajorD B7B7 B/D#B/D# B/F#
Oh, you're a walking disaster

Chorus:
E minorEm C majorC      G+G     B7B7
Oh, we'll be alright, alright
    E minorEm           C majorC     G+G  B7B7
'Cause I've heard that there's life after 25, ahh
 E minorEm             C majorC
I know your result and you're being emphatic
 G+G                 B7B7
I know what it's like and you're very dramatic
  E minorEm           C majorC      G+G  B7B7
But I've heard that there's life after 25, I
E minorEm           C majorC      G+G  B7B7
I've heard that there's life after 25, I
E minorEm           C majorC      G+G
I've heard that there's life after 25 ("I like that, it's nice innit?")