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Alternative, maybe easier, version:
  • Transpose the chords 3 half steps down [ -3 ]
  • Put a capo on fret 3 to stay in the same key

UKULELE CHORDS

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Verse:
  Gm                 F
Sweet life livin', pools and swimming.
  Dm                Eb
Drinks in bars and boys in cars and
 Gm                F
rooftop sitting, skinny dipping,
  Dm                 Eb
shooting stars with fat cigars and...
 
Pre-Chorus:
      Gm                        F
That weekend up in the islands, they stop and stare.
  Dm                             Eb
Flashes filling the silence of a Hollywood love affair.
 Gm                      F
Waking up in the islands, 'cause I saw you there,
Dm
lost and trying to be...
 
Chorus:
                      Gm
I was just tryna to be cool,
F                          Bb   Eb
I was just tryna to be like you.
                      Gm
I'm a spark and you're a boom,
F                     Bb   Eb
what am I supposed to do?
 
Verse:
Gm               F              Dm             Eb
Mansion debut, love it, do you? G#sent father pays his daughter,
      Gm                        F
and her mama withdrew from the life they once knew.
Dm                       Eb
She had a heart but she sold it off for.
 
Pre-Chorus:
      Gm                        F
That weekend up in the islands, they stop and stare.
  Dm                             Eb
Flashes filling the silence of a Hollywood love affair.
 Gm                      F
Waking up in the islands, 'cause I saw you there,
Dm
lost and trying to be...
 
Chorus:
                      Gm
I was just tryna to be cool,
F                          Bb   Eb
I was just tryna to be like you.
                      Gm
I'm a spark and you're a boom,
F                     Bb   Eb
what am I supposed to do?
 
Bridge:
                     Gm
When I've got that cigarrete smoke and Saint Laurent coat,
    F                             Bb
But nothing is feeling right, I drink but I choke,
                     Eb                          Eb
I love but I don't, yeah. I was just tryna to be cool.
F                          Bb   Eb
I was just tryna to be like you.
 
Interlude -x2-: Gm | F | Bb | F |
 
Chorus:
                      Gm
I was just tryna to be cool,
F                          Bb   Eb
I was just tryna to be like you.
                      Gm
I'm a spark and you're a boom,
F                     Bb   Eb
what am I supposed to do?
 
Outro:
                     Gm
When I've got that cigarrete smoke and Saint Laurent coat,
    F                             Bb
But nothing is feeling right, I drink but I choke,
                     Eb                          Eb
I love but I don't, yeah. I was just tryna to be cool.
F                          Bb   Eb
I was just tryna to be like you.
 
Interlude -x2-: Gm | F | Bb | Eb |
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Troye Sivan Mellet (born 5 June 1995 in Johannesburg, South Africa), better known as Troye Sivan, is an Australian actor, YouTuber and singer-songwriter. His YouTube channel has over 1.1 billion views and more than 7,25 million subscribers. In July of 2014 he released his first single titled “Happy Little Pill” from the TRXYE EP that was released on August 15 2014.

As an actor, he played young James Howlett in the 2009 X-Men film X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and most recently has starred in the Spud film trilogy.

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