What Was That - Lorde, guitar chords

Published: 2025-04-28 10:36
Selection chords: Sarah Harris

Intro: C 
 
Verse:
F                     Am
 A place in the city
C                    G
 A chair and a bed
F              Am
 I cover up all the mirrors
    C                      Dm
I canʼt see myself yet
F                              Am
 I wear smoke like a wedding veil
C                             G
 Make a meal I wonʼt eat
              F                            Am       C
Step out into the street, alone in a sea
             Dm
It comes over me
 
Pre-chorus:
               G
Oh, Iʼm missinʼ you
               Am
Yeah, Iʼm missinʼ you
G
 And all the things we used to do
 
Chorus:
F                            Am
MDMA in the back garden, blow our pupils up
C                                                    G
We kissed for hours straight, well, baby, what was that?
F                                  Am                                C
I remember sayinʼ then, "This is the best cigarette of my life"
                    Dm
Well, I want you just like that
F                              Am
Indio haze, weʼre in a sandstorm and it knocks me out
C                                           G
I didnʼt know then that youʼd never be enough, oh
F                              Am
Since l was seventeen, I gave you everything
  C                                              Dm                       F  Am C  G
Now, we wake from a dream, well, baby, what was that?
 
Post-chorus:
                  F   Am C 
What was that?
  Dm
Baby, what was that?
 
Verse:
F                                    Am
 Do you know youʼre still with me
C                                  G
 When Iʼm out with my friends?
F                      Am
 I stare at the painted faces
        C                  G
That talk current affairs
F                                        Am
 You had to know this was happeninʼ
C                                 G
 You werenʼt feelinʼ my heat
               F                                    Am
When Iʼm in the blue light, down at Babyʼs All Right
   C          G
I face reality
 
Pre-chorus:
    F                    Am
I tried (I tried) to let (To let)
         C                 G
Whatever has to pass through me
           F                        Am                  C
Pass through, but this is stayinʼ a while, I know
      Dm                   C
It might not let me go
 
Chorus:
F                          Am
 MDMA in the back garden, blow our pupils up
C                                                  G                        F
 We kissed for hours straight, well, baby, what was that?
                                  Am                            C
I remember sayinʼ then, "This is the best cigarette of my life"
             Dm                     F
Well, I want you just like that
                                   Am
Indio haze, weʼre in a sandstorm and it knocks me out
C                                           G                        F
 I didnʼt know then, but youʼd never be enough, oh
                                Am
Since l was seventeen,  I gave you everything
  C                                                Dm                     F   Am C G
Now, we wake from a dream, well, baby, what was that?
 
Post-chorus:
                   F  Am C
What was that?
            Dm                        F                                                     Am               C G
ʼCause I want you just like that (When Iʼm in the blue light, I can make it alright)
                F                                                     Am                   C
What was that? (When Iʼm in the blue light, I can make it alright)
  Dm                         C
Baby, what was that?