When I Was Older

Intro

Bm  F#  G  Bm
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    Bm           F#
When I was older
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I was a sailor
  G          F#
On an open sea
   Bm             F#
But now I'm underwater
 F#             G
And my skin is paler
   G           F#
Than it should ever be
   Bm           F#
I'm on my back again
       F#              G
Dreaming of a time and place
     F#                       Bm
Where you and I remain the best of friends
    F#              G
Even after all this ends
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Can we pretend?
   Bm
I'm on my
    Bm          F#
I'm on my back again
     F#
It's seeming more and more
      G
Like all we ever do is see
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How far it bends
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Before it breaks in half and then
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We bend it back again
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Guess I got caught in the middle of it
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Yes, I've been taught, got a little of it
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In my blood, in my blood
        F#
Memories burn like a forest fire
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Heavy rain turns any funeral pyre to mud
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In the flood
     Bm     F#
When I was older
      F#    G
I was a sailor
       G      F#
On an open sea
  Bm            F#
But now I'm underwater
   F#        G
And my skin is paler
       F#
Than it should ever be
   Bm                  F#
I'm watching movies back to back
        F#            G
In black and white, I never
        G               F#
Seen anybody do it like I do it any better
     Bm           F#
Then going over you
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I'm overdue for no endeavors
     Bm           F#
Nobody lonely like I'm lonely
    F#           G
And I don't know whether
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You'd really like it in the limelight
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You'd sympathize with all the bad guys
              F#           G
I'm still a victim in my own right
           G               F#
But I'm the villain in my own eyes, yeah
  Bm        F#
When I was older
  F#      G
I was a sailor
  G       F#
On an open sea
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