Lirik dan Chord Lagu As It Is When It Was - New Order

Lagu tersebut muncul dalam album studio keempat mereka yang bertajuk Brotherhood.

Album yang berisikan 10 trek itu dirilis pada tahun 1986 melalui Factory Records dan berhasil mencapai peringkat ke-9 di UK Albums Chart.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “As It Is When It Was” dari New Order.

[Intro]
G C G C G C Am D x2

[Verse 1]
G                                           C
I've kept my head against the wall
G                                  C
I've been this way for so long now
G                                                    C
You weren't exactly falling over yourself
Am         D
  When last I saw you
G                     C
Well I always thought
G                                 C
We'd get along like a house on fire
G                                       C
Until you told me that I'd have to go
Am                                         D
How can someone like you, work that slow?

[Chorus]
G                     C
Whatever you think of me
G                                       C
You listen hard and I will make you see
G                     C
Whatever you think of me
Am                                    D
You listen hard and I will make you see

[Instrumental]
G C G C G C Am D

[Verse 2]
G                               C
I don't feel anything no more
G                                 C
This state of grace is consuming me
G                                C
I'm not grown up and I am not a boy
Am                       D
I feel no pain and I feel no joy
G                      C
Well, I always thought
G                                C
We'd get along like a house on fire
G                                     C
In those days when the sun was warm
Am                         D
I ran in the street where I was born

[Chorus]
G                       C
Whatever you think of me
G                                        C
You listen hard and I will make you see
G                      C
Whatever you think of me
Am                                     D
You listen hard and I will make you see

[Instrumental]
G C Am D G C Am D G C Am D

[Bridge]
G                                      C
The streets are so empty at this time of night
Am                               D
I'd rather walk on my own than fight
G                               C
In a world where I'd forgotten you
Am                    D
I found myself forgotten, too
G                                C
That's the danger of believing books
Am                         D
And all the lies of those thieves and crooks
G                               C
We sing intellectual songs of love
Am                                D                    G
From a stolen pen to a velvet glove, ooh