How to Play When I Was Older on Guitar?

Billie Eilish - When I Was Older can be played in the key of F using the F#, G chords. For F#, To play F# | Gb, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the A string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the B string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, mute D, G. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play When I Was Older with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

Billie Eilish - When I Was Older Chords

Chord reference F#, G

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[Bm] [F#] [G] [F#] [Bm]When I was [F#]older I was a [G]sailor, on an open [F#]sea [Bm]But now I’m [F#]underwater, and my skin is [G]paler Than it should ever [F#]be, [Bm]hmm

[Bm]I’m on my back [F#]again, dreaming of a time and place Where you and [G]I remain the best of friends Even after all this [F#]ends

Can we pretend, [Bm]I’m on my, I’m on my back [F#]again It’s seeming more and more Like all we ever [G]do is see how far it bends Before it breaks in half and [F#]then We bend it back again

[Bm]Guess I got caught in the middle of it Yes I’ve been taught, got a little of it In my [F#]blood, in my blood [G]Memories burn like a forest fire Heavy rain turns any funeral pyre to [F#]mud, in the flood

[Bm]When I was [F#]older I was a [G]sailor, on an open [F#]sea [Bm]But now I’m [F#]underwater, and my skin is [G]paler Than it should ever [F#]be, [Bm]hmm

[Bm]I’m watching movies back to back. In black and white, I never seen anybody do it like I do it any better [F#]Then going over you, I’m, overdue for no endeavors

Nobody lonely like I’m lonely and I don’t know whether [G]You’d really like it in the limelight

You’d sympathize with all the bad guys [F#]I’m still a victim in my own right But I’m the villain in my own eyes, yeah

[Bm]When I was [F#]older, I was a [G]sailor, on an open [F#]sea

Artist Billie Eilish

Album Music Inspired by the Film Roma

Genres Alternative, Indie, Pop

Year 2019

Key F

Billie Eilish - When I Was Older can be played in the key of F using the F#, G chords.

For F#, To play F# | Gb, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the A string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the B string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, mute D, G.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play When I Was Older with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.