Billie Eilish – When I Was Older (Ukulele)

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[Intro]
A|--------9----------------9-----------9-7-------------9-7-----------|
E|-7-9-10-----------7-9-10-----------6-----9---------6-----9-6-------|
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A|--------9----------------9-----------9-7-------------9-7-----------|
E|---7-10-------------7-10-----------------9-6-------------9-6-------|
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[Chorus]
Dm            A
[tab]        Dm
I was a sailor

           Bb    A
On an open sea

Dm                   A
    But now I'm underwater

               Dm
And my skin is paler

                    Bb   A
Than it should ever be

 Dm    Dm
Mhm
[Verse]
               A
I'm on my back again
Dreaming of a time and place
              Dm
Where you and I remain the best of friends

                       A
Even after all this ends

    A
Can we pretend?

Dm
  I'm on my—

                A
I'm on my back again
It's seeming more and more
                 Dm
Like all we ever do is see
How far it bends
                                 A
Before it breaks in half and then
We bend it back again [Pre-Chorus]
Dm          A             F         A
Guess I got caught in the middle of it

Dm            A             F         A
Yes I've been taught, got a little of it

      Bb           A
In my blood, in my blood

Dm       A           F      A
Memories burn like a forest fire

Dm         A         F       A       Bb
Heavy rain turns any funeral pyre to mud

       A
In the flood
[Chorus]
Dm             A
    When I was older

        Dm
I was a sailor

           Bb   A
On an open sea

Dm                   A
    But now I'm underwater

               Dm
And my skin is paler

                    Bb   A
Than it should ever be
[Bridge]
Dm
   I'm watching movies back to back
In black and white, I never
Dm
  Seen anybody do it like I do it any better

A
  Then going over you, I'm overdue for no endeavors

A
  Nobody lonely like I'm lonely and I don't know whether

Dm
  You'd really like it in the limelight

Dm
  You'd sympathize with all the bad guys

A
  I'm still a victim in my own right

A                                          Dm
  But I'm the villain in my own eyes, yeah
[Outro]
           A
When I was older

        Dm
I was a sailor

           Bb    A
On an open sea