Capo: 4 Tuning: E A D G B E

Capo 4 [Intro] - this is played on piano, a little awkward on guitar but this is what it looks like: e | ---------------------------------------------------------| B | -3---0---3---0---3---0---3---0---3---0---3---0---3---0---| G | ---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-| D | ---------------------------------------------------------| A | ---------------------------------------------------------| E | ---------------------------------------------------------| [Verse 1]

I ^Gsaw a photograph from ten years ^Am7back It's you and I, we're standin' ^Cin the rain Some^Gwhere outside Atlanta, and I ^Am7think my twelve-seat van Is right there ^Cout of frame

[Pre-Chorus]

This was before I knew my ^Gway around Los Angeles Be^Am7fore I ever cared about nice ^Cneighborhoods We were ^Gdrivin' through the night, sleepin' on ^Am7hotel floors And thinkin' that we ^Chad it good

[Chorus]

We were ^Gkids back then, thinkin' ^Am7we could live forever We were ^Ckids back then We were ^Gwild and free, takin' ^Am7on the world together We were ^Ckids back then (N.C.) That's how we're always gonna be

G - Am7 - C [Verse 2]

Passed an ^Gold friend on my timeline who had ^Am7lately been on my mind We were ^Cclose as blood If we ^Gsat down for a drink I think we'd f^Am7orget all the stupid reasons ^CWe lost touch (we lost touch)

It was just because [Chorus]

We were ^Gkids back then, thinkin' ^Am7we could live forever We were ^Ckids back then, you and me We were ^Gwild and free, takin' ^Am7on the world together We were ^Ckids back then

That's how we're always gonna be G - Am7 - C [Bridge]

^DAll you got to do is ^Emblink your eyes and the years go ^Cby like that They ^Gfly right past ^DI don't want to wait to ^Emrealize everything that ^Cyou and I Al^Am7ready have

[Verse 3] - intro riff played in background G* Am7* Five-thirty in the mornin', and we're awake again C* You are holdin' baby Jane G* Am7* I lean in to take a picture, when it hits me C* In twenty years, I will look back and say [Chorus] - intro riff continues to play through first chorus here G* We were kids back then, thinkin' we would live forever C* We were kids back then G* We're so young and free, takin' on the world together C* We were kids back then That's how we're always gonna be G - Am7 - C

We were ^Gkids back then, thinkin' ^Am7we could live forever We were ^Ckids back then, you and me We were ^Gwild and free, takin' ^Am7on the world together We were ^Ckids back then

That's how we're always gonna be G - Am7 - C That's how we're always gonna be G - Am7 - C Oh, that's how we're always gonna be [Outro] C ********************** N.C. = no chords * = strum once **********************

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