We Were Cool chords by
Lori Mckenna

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Key: B major

Verse 1
G G 
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C C 
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G G 
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C C 
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His
G G 
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brother had a Chevy Malibu
C C 
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I was sitting in the back seat
D D 
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On some dead end road
C C 
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We weren't supposed to know
G G 
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I remember thinking he would
break my heart
C C 
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I was green as an evergreen
D D 
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But I fell right in
C C 
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Never the same again
G G 
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Duran Duran on the radio
C C 
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The Wild Boys and the days of gold
D D 
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I was sitting on his right
On his left was a fresh tattoo
C C 
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And man
We were cool
G G 
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Verse 2
C C 
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G G 
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His daddy had a drinking problem
C C 
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My daddy worked way too hard
D D 
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And we were both running
from
C C 
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What we swore we'd never become
G G 
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Killing time in a Walgreens parking lot
C C 
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Mapping out dreams that never
came true
D D 
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When freedom's all you want
C C 
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Freedom's really all you got
G G 
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Smells like teen spirit on tape cassette
C C 
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Before we ever heard of the internet
D D 
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Redemption was a ragtop All
G G 
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C C 
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we needed was fuel
And man
G G 
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We were cool

Verse 3
Em Em 
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We were gonna burn this
D D 
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C C 
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town down
Em Em 
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We were gonna run these streets
D D 
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C C 
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'till they ran out
G G 
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You worked the night shift
Slinging fast food
C C 
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All the French fries we could stand
D D 
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There was something in his eyes
C C 
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I could never quite define
G G 
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Then we'd race that V6 all night
C C 
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And I was like putty in his hands
D D 
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Memorizing back roads
C C 
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Till he had to take me home
G G 
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Duran Duran on the radio
C C 
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And those Wild Boys
would never know
D D 
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We had a baby on the way
C C 
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The year our friends started school
But man
G G 
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We were cool

Verse 4
Em Em 
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And we were gonna burn
D D 
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C C 
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this town down
Em Em 
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We were gonna run these streets
D D 
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C C 
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Till they ran out
G G 
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But then dreams fade into the ever blue
C C 
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And time just slips away from you
D D 
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So you're staring at
each other
C C 
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Remembering when

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We were cool

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