We Were Children

[Verse 1]
         B             F#
It was a day like today
           G#m              E
A Sunday afternoon When they
took you away
B          F#           D#
 Down to Hades in a shopping trolley
       E
With a magazine and a suitcase
B                       F#
 They stole your clothes
I took your watch
G#m          E                    B                F#
   I couldn't look you in the eyes Why is it always
               D#
those you love the most
    E
You criticise?

[Chorus]
    B     F#
Say oh no stranger
           G#m       E
You're just   like me
             B                  F#
These things happen We were chil
dren
       G#m   E
In the mid90s
    B     F#
Say oh no stranger
           G#m       E
You're just   like me
            B
We get older They get younger
F#
       G#m      E
It was you or me

[Interlude]
| B C#m | D# E | B C#m |

[Verse 2]
D# E   B                       F#
    We stood there Throwing ice
                  G#m    E
cream in your hair   Oh I
solemnly swear
B              F#               D#
 It's the thing  I life I regret  the most
E
Leaving you standing there
B             F#
 And if you asked me
            G#m              E
I'd pull my eyes out And when
I woke up blind
B              F#           D#
 If you forgave  me I would sleep at night
   E
Knowing I've led a good life

[Chorus]
    B     F#
Say oh no stranger
           G#m       E
You're just   like me
             B                  F#
These things happen We were chil
dren
       G#m   E
In the mid90s
    B     F#
Say oh no stranger
           G#m       E
You're just   like me
            B
We get older They get younger
F#
       G#m      E
It was you or me

[Solo]
| B C#m | D# E | B C#m | D# E |
| B C#m | D# E | B C#m | D# E |

[Bridge]
C#m                  F#
Learning how to keep living

[Chorus]
B     F#
Oh no stranger
           G#m       E
You're just   like me
             B                  F#
These things happen We were chil
dren
       G#m   E
In the mid90s
    B     F#
Say oh no stranger
           G#m       E
You're just   like me
            B
We get older They get younger
F#
       G#m      E B/F#
It was you or me