When We Were Young by Adele | Lyrics With Guitar Chords

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.

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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