Older chords by Searows (Official Version)

GuitarPianoUkulele

Csus2
Fadd9
Gadd4

Intro 1

Csus2

Fadd9

Gadd4

Fadd9

Csus2

Fadd9

Gadd4

Fadd9

Verse 1
Csus2 
Fadd9 
Aren't you tired?
Gadd4 
Fadd9 
I know I am
Csus2 
Fadd9 
Do you still want me here
Gadd4 
Fadd9 
In the space between you and your hands?
Csus2 
Fadd9 
We shrank the summer down
Gadd4 
Fadd9 
To twenty-four miles
Csus2 
Fadd9 
I can still hear the sound
Gadd4 
Fadd9 
Of you laughing all the way down

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Verse 2

Csus2

Fadd9

We built a tower

Gadd4

Fadd9

Out of water and sand

Csus2

Fadd9

Make it taller than both of us

Gadd4

Fadd9

And we tear it apart with our hands

Csus2

Fadd9

Look at us carefree

Gadd4

Fadd9

As we destroyed what we made

Csus2

Fadd9

I love you carefully

Gadd4

Fadd9

And I act like I'm dumb for my age

Bridge 1
Gadd4 
Fadd9 
And I know we're older
Gadd4 
Fadd9 
But she still makes you cry
Gadd4 
Fadd9 
And just because she told you so
Gadd4 
Fadd9 
It doesn't mеan that she's right
Gadd4 
Fadd9 
And it still gets ugly
Gadd4 
Fadd9 
And you still bite your tonguе
Gadd4 
Fadd9 
But you still have more fight in you
Gadd4 
Than you ever     really did
Fadd9 
when you were young

Interlude 1

Csus2

Fadd9

Gadd4

Fadd9

Verse 3
Csus2 
Fadd9 
Give it up for plain Jane
Gadd4 
Fadd9 
There isn't really much to say
Csus2 
Fadd9 
She's faster than a bullet train
Gadd4 
And what you tell her,
Fadd9 
she will take to her grave
Csus2 
Fadd9 
"Can you see the laugh lines?"
Gadd4 
Fadd9 
She holds her face in the mirror
Csus2 
Fadd9 
She says it like nothing's    wrong
Gadd4 
But I can hear her disappointment
Fadd9 
from here

Bridge 2
Gadd4 
Fadd9 
You think you look older
Gadd4 
Fadd9 
I think you look alive
Gadd4 
Fadd9 
You were right before when you
Gadd4 
Told me, "Living  takes more
Fadd9 
than to just survive"
Gadd4 
Fadd9 
What's a word for lonely
Gadd4 
Fadd9 
That doesn't mean alone?
Gadd4 
Fadd9 
And what's that thing you told me?
Gadd4 
Something I would understand
Fadd9 
Fadd9 
when I was grown

Verse 4
Gadd4 
Fadd9 
I don't know what I heard
Gadd4 
Fadd9 
Or what it takes to forgive
Gadd4 
Fadd9 
You were mad at the whole world
Gadd4 
You were angry it didn't stop
Fadd9 
when you did
Gadd4 
Fadd9 
I am building something else
Gadd4 
Fadd9 
It's not something I will tear     down
Gadd4 
Fadd9 
I will make it myself
Gadd4 
And I'm too proud to break that promise
Fadd9 
I'd do anything but ask for your help

Outro 1

Csus2

Fadd9

Gadd4

Fadd9

Csus2

Fadd9

Gadd4

Fadd9

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GuitarPianoUkulele

Csus2
Fadd9
Gadd4

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: C majorBPM: 71

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Csus2: x-3-0-0-1-x
Fadd9: x-x-3-2-1-3
Gadd4: x-x-5-5-0-3

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This is the definitive original version of Older by Searows, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of C major. It suits players who want to learn Older the way Searows intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.