Childish Things Chords by James Mcmurtry

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[E] _ _ _ [B] Aunt Clara kept [E] her Bible [B] right next to [E] the phone [A] in case she needed a quote [E] while she
talked to someone.
In [B] my memory she smiles while the blessings are said [A] and visions of freeze [E] tag dance in my head.
She [B] says I'll grow up big if I eat [E] all my roast.
[A] I'll still believe in heaven but I won't believe in ghosts [E] anymore.
_ _ _ _ I'll [B] put away childish things.
_ I'll [A] put away childish things.
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Every other weekend age of 13 [A] with my fishing pole [E] on my field and stream.
[B]
Riding back home on the trail ways bus.
[A] I looked out the window till I [E] saw too much and I [B] called my parents by their old first names.
[A] I played in the alley but I didn't play the [E] game anymore.
_ _ _ _ I [B] put away childish things.
_ I [A] put away childish things. _ _ _
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_ [C#m] _ The wolves [A] howl all night long.
[E] They won't stop and [B] they won't go [C#m] home.
_ _ Beneath [A] my window they [E] run. _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ Probably [A] it'll be _ [E] alright.
If I keep it [B] all locked up [F#m] tight and _ wait [A] till _ daylight [E] _ comes. _ _ _ _ _
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[E] Now _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ [F#m] _
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[B] my boy goes like a house on fire.
[A] He'll never burn out [E] and he'll never retire.
And I [B] remember when I used to think like that.
[A]
When I was young and [E] the world was flat.
But I'm [B] 40 some years old now and man I don't care.
[A] All I want now is [E] just a comfortable chair and [B] to sell all my stock and live on the coast.
[A] I don't believe in heaven but I still believe [E] in ghosts. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I [B] put away childish things.
I [A]
put away childish things.
_ I [B] put away childish things.
_ I [A] put away childish things. _ _
[C#m] _ The wolves [A] howl all night [E] long.
They won't stop and [B] they won't go [C#m] home.
_ Beneath [A] my _ window [E] they run.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ Probably [A] it'll be alright.
[E] _ If I keep it all [B] locked up [F#m] tight and _ wait [A] till daylight _
[E] _ comes.
_ _ _ If [F#m] I _ [A] wait till daylight _
[E] comes. _ _ _ _ _ _
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