Ben Rector – Kids (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
B                                   F#
I saw a photograph from ten years back

                               E
It's you and I, we're standin' in the rain

B                                    F#
Somewhere outside Atlanta, and I think my twelve-seat van

               E
Is right there out of frame
[Pre-Chorus]
                           B
This was before I knew my way around Los Angeles

   F#                          E
Before I ever cared about nice neighborhoods

         Bmaj7                                  F#
We were drivin' through the night, sleepin' on hotel floors

                     E
And thinkin' that we had it good
[Chorus]
          B                      C#m7
We were kids back then, thinkin' we could live forever

          E
We were kids back then (you and me)

          B                     C#m7
We were wild and free, takin' on the world together

          E
We were kids back then
N.C. That's how we're always gonna be [Post-Chorus]
B
La la la, la la la la

C#m
La la la, la la la la

E
La la la, la la la la
La la la, la la la la [Verse 2]
            B                                 F#
Passed an old friend on my timeline who had lately been on my mind

        E
We were close as blood

        B                                F#
If we sat down for a drink I think we'd forget all the stupid reasons

E
We lost touch (we lost touch)
It was just because [Chorus]
          B                      C#m7
We were kids back then, thinkin' we could live forever

          E
We were kids back then (you and me)

          B                     C#m7
We were wild and free, takin' on the world together

          E
We were kids back then
That's how we're always gonna be [Post-Chorus]
B
La la la, la la la la

C#m7
La la la, la la la la

E
La la la, la la la la
La la la, la la la [Bridge]
F#                       G#m                              E
   All you got to do is blink your eyes and the years go by like that

      B
They fly right past

F#                           G#m                    E
   I don't want to wait to realize everything that you and I
Already have [Verse 3]
        B                              F#
Five-thirty in the mornin', and we're awake again

                    E
You are holdin' baby Jane

        B                              F#
I lean in to take a picture, when it hits me

                              E
In twenty years, I will look back and say
[Chorus]
         B
We were kids back then, thinkin' we would live forever

         E
We were kids back then

           B
We're so young and free, takin' on the world together

         E
We were kids back then
That's how we're always gonna be [Interlude] B C#m E [Chorus]
          B                      C#m7
We were kids back then, thinkin' we could live forever

          E
We were kids back then (you and me)

          B                     C#m7
We were wild and free, takin' on the world together

          E
We were kids back then
That's how we're always gonna be [Post-Chorus]
B
La la la, la la la la

C#m7
La la la, la la la la

E
La la la, la la la la
La la la, la la la la (that's how we're always gonna be)
B
La la la, la la la la

C#m7
La la la, la la la la

E
La la la, la la la la (oh)
La la la, la la la la (that's how we're always gonna be) [Outro] E E E E E E
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