We Are So Young

Capo 1 C# G# Hey ahooo hey-o hey-ooo C# G# Hey ahooo hey-o hey-ooo F# C# G# I was born 16 years ago F# C# G# So I know what it means to feel pain D#m C# G# And I’ve lived a life, long and rich enough D#m C# G# To have felt the slings and arrows of oppression F# C# G# Military drums kick in at once F# C# G# Because they sound triumphant and grand D#m C# G# Big outdoor reverb to make it sound like we’re in a field F# C# G# Like we’re some kind of marching band Prechorus D#m C# Images of sporting victory F# G# Confused backdrop glamourising war F# C# But the old kind of war, not the awful 20th century kind G# Like the crusades G# Or The American Civil War G# Or a naval battle N.C. Or some roman shit F# C# We Are So Young, You Are So Inspired F# C# We’ve come so far, we won’t be held back F# C# You Are So Inspired, We Are So Young F# C# The World is ours, we have life experience F# C# G# Drums that you’d describe as tribal F# C# G# They’re so low that we don’t need a bassist D#m C# G# But if you stop to think about how we’re using them F# C# G# You might say it’s borderline racist F# C# G# 20 layers of my voice plus a choir F# C# G# Because choirs sound epic and majestic D#m C# G# Stereo panning at 100% F# C# G# Because the wider it is, the bigger it feels D# Majesty, D# Harmony, F Victory, F Angels F# Panoramic, F# Skydiving, G# Chocolate, G# Volcanos, D# swordfish, D# quinoa salad F instagram, F Joan of Arc, F# cruciverbalist G# The Olympics D# C# Y ahora en español F# C# We Are So Young, You Are So Inspired F# C# We know nothing and yet you’re inspired F# C# You Are So Inspired, We Are So Young F# C# We’re not Naive, we know what Naive means Patter F# And I’m singing in a patter cause we’re gonna drop the music G# Cause I’ve always found that setting things syllabically is memorable C# F# and wonderful that I can use so many words to say nothing at all F# C# F# C# F# C# F# C# High nooooooote F# C# We are so young You are so inspired F# C# We’ve made so much money, you’re eating it up F# C# You are so inspired, we are so young F# C# We’re just like you, but also we’re better