Nothing But Thieves – I Was Just A Kid (Guitar Acoustic)

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Chords

Use aggressive strumming style when playing 5-chords. Chords that might not be interpreted as I intended: B at the end of the first verse: x21xxx B7b9: x2121x E7: 02213x Dadd9 in chorus: xx0252 Aadd9 in chorus: x0242x (optionally play with open high E in the end) E5* in 2nd verse: 022400 Dadd4 in bridge: x5403x A/E in outro: xx222x ...however, feel free to change the voicings however you like. For a simplified version, just ignore all add's, maj's, sus's, and forward slashes. :) [Riff 1] (x2) E5 B5 G5 A5 F#5 G5 F#5 E5 [Verse]
E5
I was just a kid

E5
I needed answers

A5               A5/G
I found a screen

A5
Promised adventure

C5
Just as I thought, I had it all

B5
I pulled the trigger

     D5     E5
And nothing happened
[Verse]
Em
I was in a dream

Em
I was in heaven

Am          Am/G
I saw a god

Am
I had a question

C5
Opened my eyes, fell out the sky

B                 B7b9
Tried to remember

              Em
But there was nothing
[Interlude] G5 A5 E7 Csus2 Asus4 E7 [Pre-Chorus]
                 Cmaj7
Then you gave me something

Dadd9          Aadd9
Something to believe in

                 Cmaj7
Yeah you gave me something

Dadd9          Aadd9
Something to believe in
[Chorus]
       E5 C5 D5 B5
'Cause I

C5 A5 B5  G5       E5 F#5 G5 E5 A5
      was just a kid
B5 G5 A5 F#5 E5
E5 C5 D5 B5
I

C5 A5 B5  G5       E5 F#5 G5 E5 A5
      was just a kid

B5    G5 A5  F#5  Em
How'd it get like this?
[Riff 1] E5 B5 G5 A5 F#5 G5 F#5 E5 [Verse]
E5*
And the story ends

E5*
But life goes on so

Am                Am/G
Like those before

Am
And those to follow

C6
Just when you thought, you knew it all

B11
You find another

            Em
And then it happens
[Pre-Chorus]
                   Cmaj7
'Cause you gave me something

Dadd9        Aadd9
Something to believe in

                 Cmaj7
Yeah you gave me something

Dadd9        Aadd9
Something to believe in
[Chorus]
       E5 C5 D5 B5
'Cause I

C5 A5 B5  G5       E5 F#5 G5 E5 A5
      was just a kid
B5 G5 A5 F#5 E5
E5 C5 D5 B5
I

C5 A5 B5  G5       E5 F#5 G5 E5 A5
      was just a kid
B5 G5 A5 F#5 E5 [Bridge]
       C5
'Cause I

Dadd4      A/C#   A
was just a kid

                 C5
Then you gave me something

Dadd4          A/C#     A
gave my life a meaning

                 C5
Yeah you gave me something

Dadd4        A/C#        A
Something to believe in

       C5     Dadd4        A/C#        A
'Cause I want something to believe in
[Outro]
     Cmaj7  Dadd9                A/E
Yeah I want something to believe in