14 Today Chords by Dan Hill
Tempo:
72.1 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
F#m
D
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A]
[G#] 14 today [C#] and you went dancing.
Music mixed with [F#] laughter.
And boys [F] can be so immature.
They [F#m] made you drink a bit [E] too much.
[D] Everything's a blur, [F#m] feel and touch.
[E] Did he really like you?
Well, how can you be sure enough?
[A]
23 [G#] today and all your friends [G] are getting married.
You say they're so [F#m] scared of being alone.
[F] So self-righteously you march through [F#m] Teachers College.
[A] Still so much in [D] life you gotta get to know.
[E] Seems like [B] everybody's so content to move so slow.
And when [A] you think you've got [A] your life so well controlled,
it [D] slips away.
[A] [E] In the [Bm] years like [B] raindrops falling from your [E] life,
I washed [C#m] away, washed [F#m] away.
And you're [A] so brilliant, you're so gifted, so [F#] sensitive,
so strong as you [Bm] hide behind your barricade of [E] words.
But no one got [E] close enough to you to have [A] ever heard.
I met you at a [G#] party.
You were drunk and [G] full of world advice.
And [F#m] I was getting nervous.
[F#]
[F] You said you had a [C#] child who [F#m] was a genius.
And [E] you smiled as [D] the living room transformed into your circus.
[E]
[A] Someone [E] whispered you were 39 today, [G] a face so young, eyes so old.
You [F#m] collapsed into the corner like [Fm] some body of raw nerves.
And the [F#m] engineers seduced me [A] with your verbs as [D] I reached out for you.
You said [E] over and over.
Oh, [A] when you think you've got your life so well controlled,
it [D] slips away.
[A] [E]
[Bm] In the years like [E] raindrops falling from your life,
I [C#m] washed away, washed [F#m] away.
You're [A] so brilliant, you're so gifted, so [A#m] tragic and so wrong
as you [Bm] hide behind your barricade of [A] words.
But you know, [E] no one got [E] close enough to you to have ever [F#] heard.
[F#m]
[A] Children come home from school.
[D] Children laugh with all [A] their lives.
Try to mount fast [F#m] before you think of the past.
Turn out all of your lights.
[Bm] Go to bed, go to sleep, don't think, don't feel [Dm] as the nighttime moans [E] of prayer.
[F#m] But maybe somewhere [A] deep inside [D] there's a meaning [E] aching to be [A] shared.
14 [G#] today [E] and you were dancing.
[C#] [F#m]
[F#]
[G#] 14 today [C#] and you went dancing.
Music mixed with [F#] laughter.
And boys [F] can be so immature.
They [F#m] made you drink a bit [E] too much.
[D] Everything's a blur, [F#m] feel and touch.
[E] Did he really like you?
Well, how can you be sure enough?
[A]
23 [G#] today and all your friends [G] are getting married.
You say they're so [F#m] scared of being alone.
[F] So self-righteously you march through [F#m] Teachers College.
[A] Still so much in [D] life you gotta get to know.
[E] Seems like [B] everybody's so content to move so slow.
And when [A] you think you've got [A] your life so well controlled,
it [D] slips away.
[A] [E] In the [Bm] years like [B] raindrops falling from your [E] life,
I washed [C#m] away, washed [F#m] away.
And you're [A] so brilliant, you're so gifted, so [F#] sensitive,
so strong as you [Bm] hide behind your barricade of [E] words.
But no one got [E] close enough to you to have [A] ever heard.
I met you at a [G#] party.
You were drunk and [G] full of world advice.
And [F#m] I was getting nervous.
[F#]
[F] You said you had a [C#] child who [F#m] was a genius.
And [E] you smiled as [D] the living room transformed into your circus.
[E]
[A] Someone [E] whispered you were 39 today, [G] a face so young, eyes so old.
You [F#m] collapsed into the corner like [Fm] some body of raw nerves.
And the [F#m] engineers seduced me [A] with your verbs as [D] I reached out for you.
You said [E] over and over.
Oh, [A] when you think you've got your life so well controlled,
it [D] slips away.
[A] [E]
[Bm] In the years like [E] raindrops falling from your life,
I [C#m] washed away, washed [F#m] away.
You're [A] so brilliant, you're so gifted, so [A#m] tragic and so wrong
as you [Bm] hide behind your barricade of [A] words.
But you know, [E] no one got [E] close enough to you to have ever [F#] heard.
[F#m]
[A] Children come home from school.
[D] Children laugh with all [A] their lives.
Try to mount fast [F#m] before you think of the past.
Turn out all of your lights.
[Bm] Go to bed, go to sleep, don't think, don't feel [Dm] as the nighttime moans [E] of prayer.
[F#m] But maybe somewhere [A] deep inside [D] there's a meaning [E] aching to be [A] shared.
14 [G#] today [E] and you were dancing.
[C#] [F#m]
[F#]
Key:
A
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F#m
D
F#
A
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F#m
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#] 14 today _ [C#] and you went dancing.
Music mixed with [F#] laughter.
And boys [F] can be so immature.
They [F#m] made you drink a bit [E] too much.
[D] Everything's a blur, [F#m] feel and touch.
[E] Did he really like you?
Well, how can you be sure enough?
_ _ [A] _ _ _
23 [G#] today and all your friends [G] are getting married.
You say they're so [F#m] scared of being alone.
[F] So self-righteously you march through [F#m] Teachers College.
[A] Still so much in [D] life you gotta get to know.
[E] Seems like [B] everybody's so content to move so slow.
And when [A] you think you've got [A] your life so well controlled,
it [D] slips away.
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] In the [Bm] _ years like [B] raindrops falling from your [E] life,
I washed [C#m] away, _ washed [F#m] away.
_ And you're [A] so brilliant, you're so gifted, so [F#] sensitive,
so strong as you [Bm] hide behind your barricade of [E] words. _ _
But no one got [E] close enough to you to have [A] ever heard.
I met you at a [G#] party.
You were drunk and [G] full of world advice.
And [F#m] I was getting nervous.
[F#] _
[F] You said you had a [C#] child who [F#m] was a genius.
And [E] you smiled as [D] the living room transformed into your circus.
[E] _ _
[A] _ _ Someone [E] whispered you were 39 today, [G] a face so young, eyes so old.
You [F#m] collapsed into the corner like [Fm] some body of raw nerves.
And the [F#m] engineers seduced me [A] with your verbs as [D] I reached out for you.
You said [E] over and over.
Oh, [A] when you think you've got your life so well controlled,
it [D] slips away.
_ [A] _ _ [E] _
[Bm] In the years like [E] raindrops falling from your life,
I [C#m] washed away, _ washed [F#m] away.
_ You're [A] so brilliant, you're so gifted, so [A#m] tragic and so wrong
as you [Bm] hide behind your barricade of [A] _ words.
But you know, [E] _ no one got [E] close enough to you to have ever [F#] heard.
_ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [A] Children come home from school.
[D] Children laugh with all [A] their lives.
Try to mount fast [F#m] before you think of the past.
Turn out all of your lights.
[Bm] Go to bed, go to sleep, don't think, don't feel [Dm] as the nighttime moans [E] of prayer.
[F#m] But maybe somewhere [A] deep inside [D] there's a meaning _ _ [E] aching to be [A] shared.
14 [G#] today [E] and you were dancing.
[C#] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#] 14 today _ [C#] and you went dancing.
Music mixed with [F#] laughter.
And boys [F] can be so immature.
They [F#m] made you drink a bit [E] too much.
[D] Everything's a blur, [F#m] feel and touch.
[E] Did he really like you?
Well, how can you be sure enough?
_ _ [A] _ _ _
23 [G#] today and all your friends [G] are getting married.
You say they're so [F#m] scared of being alone.
[F] So self-righteously you march through [F#m] Teachers College.
[A] Still so much in [D] life you gotta get to know.
[E] Seems like [B] everybody's so content to move so slow.
And when [A] you think you've got [A] your life so well controlled,
it [D] slips away.
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] In the [Bm] _ years like [B] raindrops falling from your [E] life,
I washed [C#m] away, _ washed [F#m] away.
_ And you're [A] so brilliant, you're so gifted, so [F#] sensitive,
so strong as you [Bm] hide behind your barricade of [E] words. _ _
But no one got [E] close enough to you to have [A] ever heard.
I met you at a [G#] party.
You were drunk and [G] full of world advice.
And [F#m] I was getting nervous.
[F#] _
[F] You said you had a [C#] child who [F#m] was a genius.
And [E] you smiled as [D] the living room transformed into your circus.
[E] _ _
[A] _ _ Someone [E] whispered you were 39 today, [G] a face so young, eyes so old.
You [F#m] collapsed into the corner like [Fm] some body of raw nerves.
And the [F#m] engineers seduced me [A] with your verbs as [D] I reached out for you.
You said [E] over and over.
Oh, [A] when you think you've got your life so well controlled,
it [D] slips away.
_ [A] _ _ [E] _
[Bm] In the years like [E] raindrops falling from your life,
I [C#m] washed away, _ washed [F#m] away.
_ You're [A] so brilliant, you're so gifted, so [A#m] tragic and so wrong
as you [Bm] hide behind your barricade of [A] _ words.
But you know, [E] _ no one got [E] close enough to you to have ever [F#] heard.
_ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [A] Children come home from school.
[D] Children laugh with all [A] their lives.
Try to mount fast [F#m] before you think of the past.
Turn out all of your lights.
[Bm] Go to bed, go to sleep, don't think, don't feel [Dm] as the nighttime moans [E] of prayer.
[F#m] But maybe somewhere [A] deep inside [D] there's a meaning _ _ [E] aching to be [A] shared.
14 [G#] today [E] and you were dancing.
[C#] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _