Chords for Jackson Browne - I Thought I Was a Child

Tempo:
119.3 bpm
Chords used:

Bb

F

C

Dm

Am

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Jackson Browne - I Thought I Was a Child chords
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[Bm]
[F] Such a clever innocence, [Dm] with which you do [Bb] your sorcery
[F] As if somehow [C] the years just bow [Bb] and let that young girl [C] go free
[Bb] I thought [C] I was a [F] child, [Bb] until [C] you [F] turned and smiled
I [Bb] thought I knew [F] where I was going, [Gm] until I heard [C] your laughter flowing
[Dm] And came upon [Bb] the wisdom in [F] your eyes
[C]
Surprise!
[Am]
[C] [F]
Spent my whole [Bb] life running around, [F]
chasing songs [Bb] from town to town
[F]
Thinking I'd [Am] be free so long [Bb] as I never let love [C] slow me [Am] down
[Bb] So [C] lonely and [F] so wild, [Bb]
until [C] you turned [F] and smiled
[Bb]
By now I should [Am] have long been [Gm] gone, but here I am [C] still looking on
[Dm]
As if I didn't [Bb] know which [F] way to run
Such [C]
[Am]
[D] [Gm]
[C] [F]
[A] [Dm]
[C] [Bb] [F] [Dm]
[Bb] [Dm]
[Bb] [C] [Dm]
[F]
a clever innocence, [C] [Dm] with which you show [Bb] myself to me
[F] As if you know [Am] how it feels to [Bb] never quite be who you wanted [C] to be
Oh, [Bb] I thought [C] I was [F] a child, [Bb]
until you [C] [F] turned and smiled
I [Bb]
thought that I [Am] was free, but [Gm] I'm just one more [C] prisoner of time
[Dm]
Alone within [Bb] the boundary [F] of my land
I [Bb]
[F] [Gm]
[C] [Bb]
[Am] thought I was [Gm]
a child
[F] [Bb] [F]
[Bb] [Dm] [F]
[Bb]
[F]
[Fm]
[N]
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Bb
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F
134211111
C
3211
Dm
2311
Am
2311
Bb
12341111
F
134211111
C
3211
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_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ Such a clever innocence, _ _ [Dm] with which you do [Bb] your sorcery
[F] As if somehow [C] the years just bow [Bb] and let that young girl [C] go free
_ [Bb] I thought [C] I was a [F] child, _ _ [Bb] until [C] you [F] turned and smiled
I [Bb] thought I knew [F] where I was going, [Gm] until I heard [C] your laughter flowing
[Dm] And came upon [Bb] the wisdom in [F] your _ eyes
_ _ _ _ [C] _
Surprise!
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
Spent my whole [Bb] life running around, _ [F] _
chasing songs [Bb] from town to town
_ [F] _
Thinking I'd [Am] be free so long [Bb] as I never let love [C] slow me [Am] down
[Bb] So [C] lonely and [F] so wild, _ [Bb]
until [C] you turned [F] and smiled
_ [Bb]
By now I should [Am] have long been [Gm] gone, but here I am [C] still looking on
[Dm]
As if I didn't [Bb] know which [F] way to run
_ Such _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
a clever innocence, _ [C] [Dm] with which you show [Bb] myself to me
[F] As if you know [Am] how it feels to [Bb] never quite be who you wanted [C] to be
Oh, [Bb] I thought [C] I was [F] a child, _ [Bb]
until you [C] _ [F] turned and smiled
I [Bb]
thought that I [Am] was free, but [Gm] I'm just one more [C] prisoner of time
[Dm]
Alone within [Bb] the boundary [F] of my land
I _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Am] thought I _ _ was [Gm]
a child
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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