Mountain Goats - You were cool
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Intro: C D Am C x2
CThis is a song with the sDame four chords
I use Ammost of the time when I've got soCmething on my mind
And I dCon't want to squander the Dmoment
Trying to come Amup with a more complicated Cway to say what I want to say
CPeople were mean to yDou
Ambut I always thought you were cCool
Cclicking down the concrete hDallway
with your spAmiked heels
back in hCigh school.
C D Am C x2
CIt's good to be youngD but let's not kid ourselves
It's bAmetter to pass on through those yCears and come out the other side
CWith our hearts still bDeating
Having Amstared down demons; cCome back breathing
CPeople were mean to yDou
Ambut I always thought you were cCool
Cclicking down the concrete haDllway
with your sAmpiked heels
back in hCigh school.
CYou deserved beDtter than you got
Someone's gCot to say it sometime because it's tCrue.
AmPeople should have told you you were aDwesome,
C C ***
Instead of taking advantage of you.
C Am D (half beat only for both Am and D)
I hope you love your life
AmLike I love mCine.
CI hope the painful memories only fDlex their power over Amyou
A liCttle of the time.
CWe held onto the hDope of better days coming
AmAnd when we did we were rCight.
CI hope the people who dDid you wrong
AmHave trouble sleeping every nCight.
CPeople were mean to yDou
Ambut I always thought you were cCool
Cclicking down the concrete haDllway
with your sAmpiked heels
back in hCigh school.
Outro: C D Am C x2
*** In the video I transcribed this from, he seems to plays D here. However he
sings to a C chord and I think it sounds better.