The Mountain Goats – You Were Cool (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Intro]
D A Em G x2
[Verse]
D A This is a song with the same four chords Em G I use most of the time when I've got something on my mind D A And I don't wanna squander the moment Em G Trying to come up with a better way to say what I want to say
[Chorus]
D A People were mean to you Em G but I always thought you were cool D A clicking down the concrete hallway Em with your spiked heels G back in high school.
[Instrumental]
D A Em G x2
[Verse]
D A It's good to be young but let's not kid ourselves Em G It's better to pass on through those years and come out the other side D A With our hearts still beating Em G Having stared down demons; come back breathing
[Chorus]
D A People were mean to you Em G but I always thought you were cool D A clicking down the concrete hallway Em with your spiked heels G back in high school.
[Verse]
G A You deserved better than you got D G Someone's got to say it sometime because it's true. Em A People should have told you you were awesome, D G *** Instead of taking advantage of you.
D Em A (half beat only for both Em and A)
I hope you love your life
Em G Like I love mine. D A Em I hope the painful memories only flex their power over you G A little of the time. D A We held onto the hope of better days coming Em G And when we did we were right. D A I hope the people who did you wrong Em G Have trouble sleeping every night.
[Chorus]
D A People were mean to you Em G but I always thought you were cool D A clicking down the concrete hallway Em with your spiked heels G back in high school.
[Outro]
D A Em G x2
*** In the video I transcribed this from, he seems to plays A here. However he
sings to a G chord and I think it sounds better.