When You Were Young Chords

Capo 4(Key: B)

 
[Verse 1]
C                     D    Em
You sit there in your heartache
G               C
Waiting on some beautiful boy to 
C                D     Em
save you from your old ways 
G
You play forgiveness 
C
Watch it now ... here he comes! 
 
C                            D  Em
He doesn't look a thing like Jesus 
      G
But he talks like a gentleman 
C                 
Like you imagined 
              D  Em   G   C
when you were young 
 
[Verse 2]
C
Can we climb this mountain 
D       Em
I don't know 
G                C
Higher now than ever before 
C                           D       Em
I know we can make it if we take it slow 
G
Let's take it easy 
C
Easy now, watch it go 
 
C                              D   Em
We're burning down the highway skyline 
       G
On the back of a hurricane 

that started turning 
     C        D  Em    G    C
When you were young 
     C        D  Em    G    C
When you were young 
 
[Interlude]
    C                        D
And sometimes you close your eyes 
    Em      G                       C
and see the place where you used to live 
C             D  Em   G    C
When you were young 
 
[Filler] C Bm Am G Em (F#m) D
 
[Bridge]
             Am
They say the devil's water, it ain't so sweet 
Am                            Em
You don't have to drink right now 
Em                   (G?)
But you can dip your feet 
                       C
Every once in a little while 
 
[Solo] C   D   Em   G   C
 
[Verse 1]
C                     D   Em
You sit there in your heartache 
G               C
Waiting on some beautiful boy to 
C                      D   Em
To save you from your old ways 
G
You play forgiveness 
C
Watch it now here he comes 
 
C                            D  Em
He doesn't look a thing like Jesus 
       G
But he talks like a gentleman 
C                           D    Em
Like you imagined when you were young 
G                          C
(He talks like a gentlemen, 

like you imagined when) 
 
[Outro]
C        D     Em        G        C
When you were young 
C                       
I said he doesn't look 
            Em  D      G      C
a thing like Jesus 
C               
He doesn't look 
             Em  D      G     C
a thing like Jesus 
                           C   
But more than you'll ever know

Bm   Am   G     Em   D