Chords for You Were Cool - The Mountain Goats

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_ _ [D] This is a song with the [A] same four chords [Em] I use most of the time when [G] I've got something
on my mind and I [D] don't want to squander [A] the moment. _
[E] Trying to come up with a better way [G] to say what I want to [D] say.
People were [A] mean to you, _
_ [Em] but I always thought [G] you were cool. _
_ _ [D] Clicking down the concrete [A] hallways [Em] in your spiked heels [G] back in high school. _
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_ _ _ [D] _ It's good to be young, but [A] let's not kid ourselves.
[Em] It's better to pass on through [G] those years and come out the other side [D] _ with our hearts still beating. _
_ [Em] Having stared down demons [G] and come back breathing.
[D] _ People were mean [A] to you, _ _ [Em] but I always [G] thought you were cool.
_ _ [D] _ Clicking down the [A] concrete hallways [Em] in your spiked heels [G] back in high school.
_ _ _ _ You [D] deserved better than you got.
Someone's gotta say it sometime cause [G] it's true.
_ _ [Em] People should have told you [A] you were awesome _ [D] instead of taking advantage [A] of you. _
_ _ [D] _ _ I hope you [A] love your life [Em] now _ like I [G] love mine.
_ _ [D] I hope the painful [A] memories only flex their power [Em] over you a [G] little of the time.
_ _ [D] _ We held on [A] to hope of better days coming [Em] and when we did [G] we were right. _
_ _ [D] I hope the people [A] who did you [Em] wrong have trouble sleeping [G] at night. _
_ _ [D] People were mean to [A] you, _
_ [Em] _ but I always thought [G] you were cool. _
_ _ [D] Clicking down the concrete [A] hallways [Em] in your spiked heels [G] back in high school.
[D] Yay!
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