Fm G
When we were young


[Verse]

          Cm
Well, the first 21
       G
It's a criminal ride
    Bb
Whatever you've done
        F
You can get out alive
    Cm
The first 21
      G
Is it Heaven or Hell?
    Bb
But who really cares
        F
We were under a spell
    Cm
The first 21
          G
And those hot summer nights
        Bb
We were high as the stars
      F
Under big city lights


[Chorus]

(When we were young)
                 Ab
But when we were young
                               Eb
We learned how to tell our own lies
                         G
Telling ourselves it was paradise
                      Cm
And sometimes we even believed it
             Ab
When we were young
                                Eb
Was like nothing that we'd ever seen
                          G
Pushing ourselves to have bigger dreams
                      Cm
And sometimes we even believed it
             Fm G
When we were young


[Interlude]

Cm G Bb F


[Verse 2]

          Cm
The first 21
      G
Was a coming of age
         Bb
We would take on the world
           F
Like we're turning a page
    Cm
The first 21
     G
It's not what you think
Bb
Sometimes you fly
    F
But sometimes you sink


[Chorus 2]

(When we were young)
                 Ab
But when we were young
                               Eb
We learned how to tell our own lies
                         G
Telling ourselves it was paradise
                      Cm
And sometimes we even believed it
             Ab
When we were young
                                Eb
Was like nothing that we'd ever seen
                          G
Pushing ourselves to have bigger dreams
                      Cm
And sometimes we even believed it
             Fm G
When we were young


[Solo]

Cm Ab Bb G
Cm Ab Bb G


[Chorus 3]

                 Ab
But when we were young
                               Eb
We learned how to tell our own lies
                         G
Telling ourselves it was paradise
                      Cm
And sometimes we even believed it
             Ab
When we were young
                                Eb
Was like nothing that we'd ever seen
                          G
Pushing ourselves to have bigger dreams
                      Cm
And sometimes we even believed it
             Ab    Eb
When we were young
             G     Cm
When we were young
             Ab    Eb
When we were young
             G     Cm
When we were young
             Fm G
When we were young
                    Cm Ab G
We were just twenty-one
Cm  Ab       G  Cm
When we were young