We Were Younger Then

Capo: 4th fret

[Verse 1]
E
Arab Architects
D
Are strung up by their necks
D
Singing
D
Hallelujah, hallelujah
E
Bless it be the lord
E
And now I’m drifting through the streets
D
Drinking gypsy wine singing
E
I can’t believe how strange it is to be alive right now

[Chorus 1]
Em G
I see the good people trying
D C
I remember when comfort was not an option

(But we were younger then)
E
Disciplined and strange
G
Focused and restrained
D C
We were younger then

[Verse 2]
E
If you need some quiet time
G
To process all that guilt
D
Well the desert lasts for days and out there
C
There’s nothing else to do
E
Round here they turn ocean into land
G
And sell that land for gold
D C
Use that gold to build themselves bigger better homes

[Chorus 1]
Em G
I see cranes on the horizon
D C
I remember when comfort was not an option

(We were younger then)
E
Disciplined and strange
G
Focused and restrained
D C Am
We were younger then

[Bridge]
Am G E
When I go to sleep
C G A Am
I hardly ever dream
G E C
And when I’m wide awake
Em G
I can’t believe what I see

[Chorus 1]
Em G
I see the good people trying
D C
I remember when comfort was not an option

(We were younger then)
Em
Disciplined and strange
G
Focused and restrained
D C Am
We were younger then

[Bridge]
G D C
When I go to sleep
G D Am
I hardly ever dream
G D C
When I’m wide awake
G C E
I can’t believe what I see

[Chorus 2]
G
Only in pictures before have I seen
C G
Anything like from where I am standing
A
Looking I can’t tell where the city stops
Am
And the nothing begins
G
Only in pictures before have I seen

Anything like from where I am standing
A
Looking I can’t tell where the city stops
Am C
And the nothing begins, begins, begins

G
(And the nothing begins)
G
And the nothing begins
A
And the nothing begins
Am A
And the nothing begins

[Chorus 2]/[Outro]
G
Only in pictures before have I seen
C G
Anything like from where I am standing
A Am A
Looking I can’t tell where the city stops
Am C G
And the nothing begins, begins, begins

(We were younger then)
G
Only in pictures before have I seen

(We were younger then)

Anything like from where I am standing

(We were younger then)
A Am A
Looking I can’t tell where the city stops

(We were younger then)
Am C G
And the nothing begins, begins
D
(We were younger then)