Chords for loggins & messina - When I Was A Child - Native Sons

[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ I was a child _ [E] so _ [A] wild and free
_ _ _ Sometimes [D] I'd stumble or _ [A] fall from a tree
_ [E] But _ I [A] didn't worry _ [E] and [A] I didn't care
_ I knew that [E] my daddy _ _ would always [A] be there
_ _ Oh, he was my friend [E] _ when [A] no one could play
_ _ [G] Never too [D] busy, _ _ oh, [A]
he'd find a way
_ [E] _ _ Then oft [A] we would ramble _ [E] _ with the [A] wind in our hair
I knew [E] that my daddy [G] _ [Bm] _ would [E]
[A] always be there
But _ _ [G] time has no mercy _ [D] for a [A] growing young _ soul
It leaves [G] us to let memories _ [D] _ what makes [Am] us grow
_ _ I [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] left my _ _ [E] _ home when [A] school days were through
_ _ [G] With [D] visions of freedom _ _ or in dreams [A] to come true
[E] _ _ I [A] never worried _ [E] _ [Bm] and I [A] never cared
_ _ I knew that [E] my daddy _ _ _ would [A] always be there _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ One [A] night while traveling, _ _ _ word came by phone
The [G] _ message [D] was simple, _ _ _ you're [A] needed at home
_ _ [E] _ For [A] once I did worry, _ _ for once I did care
_ _ Afraid [E] that my daddy _ [A] _ [E] would wait [F#m] for me there
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ But time has no mercy for a [A] growing young soul
_ _ It leaves [G] us to let memories _ [D] _ what [A] makes us grow
But time [G] has no mercy [D] for _ a growing [A] young soul _ _
It leaves us [G] to let memories _ _ [D] _
what [A] makes us [Em] grow
[D] _ [C] What _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] makes [D] us grow
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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