What ever happened  (2003)     (video)

 

   G ~ ~

 

G                                             C

 I want to be forgotten, and I don't want to be reminded.

                  Am                                            C

You say "please don't make this harder." No, I won't yet.

G                                       C

 I wanna be beside her, she wanna be admired.

                 Am                                              C

You say "please, don't make this harder." No, I won't yet.

 

+  C ~     +  Em - D - Am - G (4x)

 

   Em         D          Am           G

1.    Oh, dear, is it really all true ?

Em                 D                          Am          G

    Did they offend us and they want it to sound new ?

Em                D         Am                G

    Top ten ideas for countdown shows,

Em                      D                       Am              G

    whose culture is this and does anybody know ?

Em                D               Am           G

    I wait and tell myself "life ain't chess,"

Em                   D                                       G    - Em   - G - Em

    but no one comes in and, yes, you're alone.

                       G   Em  - G - Em      Am         - Em

    You don't miss me,                and I know.

 

   Em         D                  Am               G

2.     Oh, Tennessee, what did you write ?

Em                D                 Am                G

    I come together in the middle of the night.

Em                     D              Am         G

    Oh, that's an ending that I can't write,

                Em         D                  G

    'cause I've got you to let me down.

 

+  G ~    +  CHORUS       +  Am ~

 

(orig. = capo 4th)    (The Strokes)