We Were Cool chords by Lori McKenna

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Verse 1
G 
C 
G 
C 
 (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major) His
G 
 (G major) brother had a Chevy Malibu
C 
I was  (C major) sitting in the back seat
D 
On some dead  (D major) end road
C 
We weren't sup (C major) posed to know
G 
I re (G major) member thinking he would
break my heart
C 
I was  (C major) green as an evergreen
D 
But I fell  (D major) right in
C 
Never the same  (C major) again
G 
 (G major) Duran Duran on the radio
C 
The  (C major) Wild Boys and the days of gold
D 
I was  (D major) sitting on his right
On his left was a fresh tattoo
C 
 (C major) And man
We were cool
G 
 (G major) 

Verse 2
C 
 (C major) 
G 
His  (G major) daddy had a drinking problem
C 
My daddy  (C major) worked way too hard
D 
And we were both  (D major) running
from
C 
What we swore we'd nev (C major) er become
G 
Killing time  (G major) in a Walgreens parking lot
C 
Mapping out dreams  (C major) that never
came true
D 
When freedom's  (D major) all you want
C 
Freedom's really  (C major) all you got
G 
Smells like  (G major) teen spirit on tape cassette
C 
Before we  (C major) ever heard of the internet
D 
Redemp (D major) tion was a ragtop All
G 
C 
we needed  (G major) was  (C major) fuel
And man
G 
We were cool  (G major) 

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

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