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When We Were Young (live)

Adele

PopAdvanced for beginners10 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Am×
Em
F
C×
E
Dm××
BDiagram coming soon
G
FmDiagram coming soon
AbDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 3rd fret
                
  
 
Intro:  
Am Em F C/E  
Dm    C  
 
Am          Em                   F  C/E  
 Everybody loves the things you do  
                   Dm                  C  
 From the way you talk to the way you move  
Am          Em         F        C/E  
 Everybody here is watching you  
                      Dm                        C         C C/B   
 Cause you feel like home, you're like a dream come true  
 
 
                  F     G               
 You look like a movie   
                   Em   F  
 You sound like a song  
                F        G  
 My god this reminds me     
                   Em   G  
 Of when we were young  
 
          C            Em                 F              G               
 Let me photograph you in this light, in case it is the last time  
          C         Em             F              G         
 That we might be exactly like we were before we realized  
          Am            C/E              F        Fm        
 We were sad of getting old, it made us restless  
                     Dm  F                     G       
 It was just like a movie, it was just like a song  
 
Am          Em               F    C/E  
 I was so scared to face my fears  
               Dm                    C  
 Cause nobody told me that you'd be here  
Am            Em            F   C/E  
 And I swore you moved overseas  
              Dm                     G  
 That's what you said when you left me  
 
                        F     G               
 You still look like a movie   
                         Em   F  
 You still sound like a song  
                F        G  
 My god this reminds me     
                   Em   G  
 Of when we were young  
 
          C            Em                 F              G               
 Let me photograph you in this light, in case it is the last time  
          C         Em             F              G         
 That we might be exactly like we were before we realized  
          Am            C/E              F        Fm        
 We were sad of getting old, it made us restless  
                     Dm  F                     G   G/Ab  
 It was just like a movie, it was just like a song  
 
       Am            C/G  
 When we were young  
       F             G/Ab   
 
       Am      C/G         F                C/E       
 It's hard to win me back, everything just takes me back  
          Dm           C  
 To when you were there  
          G            G/Ab  
 To when you were there  
        Am               C/G        F               C/E  
 And a part of me keeps holding on just in case it hasn't gone  
         Dm  
 I guess I still care  
     G               
 Do you still care?  
 
                     F     G               
 It was just like a movie   
                     Em   F  
 It was just like a song  
                F        G  
 My god this reminds me     
                   Em   G  
 Of when we were young  
 
  
 
          C            Em                 F              G               
 Let me photograph you in this light, in case it is the last time  
          C         Em             F              G         
 That we might be exactly like we were before we realized  
          Am            C/E              F       G        
 We were sad of getting old, it made us restless  
             Am             C/E               F       Fm        
 Oh, I'm so mad I'm getting old, it makes me reckless  
                     Dm  F                     G     Em  
 It was just like a movie, it was just like a song  
               C  
 When we were young  
 
          
 

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Chord set

Am · Em · F · C · E · Dm · B · G · Fm · Ab

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.