The Mountain Goats – You Were Cool (Ukulele)

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[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 want to 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                    A
Instead of taking advantage of you.

D                 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 at 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