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[Verse 1]

  G                               Am7
I saw a photograph from ten years back
                               C
It's you and I, we're standin' in the rain
    G                            Am7
Somewhere outside Atlanta, and I think my twelve-seat van
               C
Is right there out of frame


[Pre-Chorus]

                          G
This was before I knew my way around Los Angeles
  Am7                          C
Before I ever cared about nice neighborhoods
        G                                      Am7
We were drivin' through the night, sleepin' on hotel floors
                     C
And thinkin' that we had it good


[Chorus]

        G                        Am7
We were kids back then, thinkin' we could live forever
        C
We were kids back then
        G                     Am7
We were wild and free, takin' on the world together
        C                 
We were kids back then
(N.C.)
That's how we're always gonna be

G - Am7 - C


[Verse 2]

          G                                 Am7
Passed an old friend on my timeline who had lately been on my mind
        C
We were close as blood
      G                                  Am7
If we sat down for a drink I think we'd forget all the stupid reasons
C
We lost touch (we lost touch)

It was just because


[Chorus]

        G                        Am7
We were kids back then, thinkin' we could live forever
        C
We were kids back then, you and me
        G                     Am7
We were wild and free, takin' on the world together
        C
We were kids back then

That's how we're always gonna be

G - Am7 - C


[Bridge]

D                    Em                               C
All you got to do is blink your eyes and the years go by like that
     G
They fly right past
D                       Em                      C
I don't want to wait to realize everything that you and I
  Am7
Already have


[Verse 3] - intro riff played in background

     G*                               Am7*
Five-thirty in the mornin', and we're awake again
                C*
You are holdin' baby Jane
       G*                            Am7*
I lean in to take a picture, when it hits me
                             C*
In twenty years, I will look back and say


[Chorus] - intro riff continues to play through first chorus here

        G*
We were kids back then, thinkin' we would live forever
        C*
We were kids back then
         G*
We're so young and free, takin' on the world together
        C*
We were kids back then

That's how we're always gonna be

G - Am7 - C

        G                        Am7
We were kids back then, thinkin' we could live forever
        C
We were kids back then, you and me
        G                     Am7
We were wild and free, takin' on the world together
        C
We were kids back then

That's how we're always gonna be

G - Am7 - C

That's how we're always gonna be

G - Am7 - C

Oh, that's how we're always gonna be


[Outro]

C