Chords
When We Were The New Boys

Key: C

Introduction:

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Verse
                             C 
With laughing eyes I do recall
             G                                           C 
Every face that crammed this hall
                         C 
And in this room our hats were hung
                               G                                           C 
And words were written and songs were sung
               F                               C 
And we held our glasses high
               F               G                       Am 
And we dared to reach for the sky
               Dm                             Am 
And we never would grow old
                                 Dm  F  C 
When we were the new boys
Verse
                           C 
And on these streets we were like kings
                             G                                   C 
We'd roll and tumble, fight and sing
                           C 
And in these smoky pubs the yarns were spun
                                 G                                   C 
And many a sweetheart was lost and won
                           F                                                   C 
And on these green fields we played for pride
                       F           G               Am 
No quarter given, no compromise
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We were lovers and we were sons
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When we were the new boys
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When we were the new boys
Verse
                         C 
Behind this cellar door on cheap guitars
                             G                                       C 
We played our blues till the early hours
               C 
No one listening but a few old friends
                   G                                         C 
We never dreamed it could ever end
                           F                                       C 
This was our moment, this was our space
                       F                   G                           Am 
This was a jewel of a time to have graced
                         Dm                                 Am 
But they're all sweet memories now
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When we were the new boys
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When we were the new boys
Bridge
 G           Am                         F 
All my life I've been running
                                             C 
down the side of this hill
 G                                           Am 
But way down deep in my heart
                               F               C             F 
don't want the water to ever be still
Verse
                     C 
All these friends have long since gone
                     G                                         C 
Blown and scattered like autumn leaves
                   C 
Some are lawyers and some are thieves
                   G                           C 
Some are now behind the sun
                   F                             C 
But I'll never, never be afraid
                   F           G           Am 
From the cradle to the grave
                           Dm                                           Am 
I learned my lesson and I learned it well
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When we were the new boys
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When we were the new boys

 C  G  C 
Outro
               F                               C 
And we held our glasses high
               F               G                         Am 
And we dared to reach for the sky
               Dm                             Am 
And we never would grow old
                                 Dm  F  C 
When we were the new boys
                                 Dm  F  C 
When we were the new boys
                                 Dm  F  C 
When we were the new boys
                                 Dm  F  C 
When we were the new boys