Ev ’ry bod y loves the things you (Ab)do,
from the way you (Fm7)talk,
to the way you (Eb)move.
Ev ’ry bod y here is watch ing (Eb)you
’cause you feel like (Fm)home,
you’re like a dream come (Eb)true.
But if by chance you’re here face my a (Ab)lone,
can I have a (Fm7)mo ment
be fore I (Eb)go?
’Cause I’ve been by my self all night long
hop ing you’re (Fm)some said, one
I when used you to left (Bb)know.
me.
You still You look look like like a a mo mo vie, vie, you still you sound sound like like a a song, song,
my my god, god, this this re re minds minds me me
of of when when we we were were young.
young.
Let me pho to graph you in this light, in case it is the last time that we might be ex act ly like we were, be fore we re al ized we were sad of get ting old, it made us rest less.
It was just like a mo vie,
it was just like a (Bb7)song.
I was so scared to here face my a (Ab)fears
’cause no bod y (Fm7)told me
that you’d be (Eb)here.
’Cause And I swear you moved o ver seas,
that’s what you said, one
I when used you to left (Bb)know.
me.
You still You look look like like a a mo mo vie, vie, you still you sound sound like like a a song, song,
my my god, god, this this re re minds minds me me
of of when when we we were were young.
young.
Let me pho to graph you in this light, in case it is the last time that we might be ex act ly like we were, be fore we re al ized we were sad of get ting old, it made us rest less.
It was just like a mo vie,
it was just like a (Bb7)song.
-
it was just like a (Bb7)song.
(When we were young.
When we were young.
When we were young.
When we were young.)
It’s hard
to ad mit that (Eb)ev ’ry thing just takes me back to when (Fm7)you were there,
to when (Bb7)you were there.
And a (Eb)part of me keeps hold ing on (Eb)just in case it has n’t gone, I guess (Fm7)I still care.
Do (Bb7)you still care?
It was just like a mo vie,
it was just like a song,
my god, this re minds me
of when we were young.
(When we were young.
When we were young.
When we were young.
When we were young.)
Let me pho - -
Oh, I’m so (Eb)mad, I’m get ting old, it makes me (Abm)reck less.
It was just like a mo vie,
it was just like a (Bb7)song
when we were (Eb)young.
This page shows “When We Were Young” by Adele in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of F at 76 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.