You Were Cool Chords & Tabs
Intro: D A Em G x2
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 more complicated way to say what I want to say
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.
D A Em G x2
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
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mountain_goats/you_were_cool_crd.html ]
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.
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.
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.
