When We Were Young by Adele | Lyrics With Guitar Chords
Author: Matthew King

When We Were Young by Adele was released in 2015. The song explores the fear of getting older and losing your youth. It was written within three days after Adele suffered from writer’s block in the early makings of the album: 25.
You can learn to play When We Were Young by Adele with guitar chords, lyrics and a strumming trainer directly in the Uberchord app. This app helps listen to guitar chords as well as play songs and identify chords too.
Table of Contents
Key of the Song:
The original key of When We Were Young by Adele is in A minor.
Guitar Chords for When We Were Young by Adele
Many of these chords will have been seen before if you’ve been playing for awhile. All except for the C/E, which only means that you must play an E in the bass and not C. To do this, play the chord as shown above with the open 1st string, E.
Video Lesson for When We Were Young by Adele
When We Were Young by Adele – Lyrics with Chords
[Intro] Am Em F C/E Dm C [Verse 1] 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 Am Em F C/E But if by chance you're here alone Dm C C C/B Can I have a moment before I go Am Em F C/E Cause I've been by myself all night long Dm Gsus4 G Hoping you're someone I used to know [Pre-Chorus] 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 [Chorus] 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 Gsus4 G It was just like a movie, it was just like a song [Verse 2] Am Em F C/E I was so scared to face my fears Dm C C C/B And nobody told me that you'd be here Am Em F C/E And I swear you'd moved overseas Dm Gsus4 G That's what you said when you left me [Pre-Chorus] 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 [Chorus] 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 [Bridge] Am C/G When we were young F C/E When we were young Dm Dm When we were young C/G G/Ab When we were young Am C/G F C/E It's hard to admit that, everything just takes me back Dm 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? [Pre-Chorus] 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 [Bridge] C Em When we were young F G When we were young C Em When we were young F G When we were young [Chorus] 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 Gsus4 G It was just like a movie, it was just like a song C When we were young
No comments yet - be the first.