Chords for todd snider - when I was a child
Tempo:
138.7 bpm
Chords used:
G
A
D
Bm
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [G]
[A]
Everyone [A] [G]
[D]
[E] [D]
has [F#] days [G]
like [D] I'm having
[G]
They're holding on to [Dm] anything [Em] they can
[A] [D]
To keep [F#] myself [G] from anything but laughing
While I'm looking back [D] about as far as I could stand
[A] Out [G]
my window [A] winter is [D] almost over
I [Bm] can almost see [G] the sun behind [D]
these clouds
[A] [G]
Looking back [A] on where I [A] was about a year ago
[B] Today [Bm] I [G] can't help but laugh [A] at the shape [D] I'm in now
[A]
When I was a child I [G]
spoke as a [D] child
[G] But all I heard [D] was how I should [A] get here
See [G] now growing up it [A] isn't anything [Dm] but all this [Bm] indecision
With [G] these debts and doubts and worry [A]
hanging over my head
[G] When I was [A] a child [D] I spoke as [Bm] a [A] child
[G] I wish I [A] could remember what [Dm] I said
[Bm] [A] [G]
[F#] [D]
[G] Let a [D] old time feeling [G]
back someplace [D] in between what [Am] I've become
[A]
[D] Someplace down [F#] the line [A#]
[G] it must have seemed appealing
So I suppose [D] that this must [A] work for some
And [G]
I don't want to [A] go back to going crazy
[C#m] [Bm]
Believing [G] every word that I was [Am] told
[G] You know sometimes [A] growing up [D] I think I'm [G] getting wiser
And then other times I [A] think I'm just getting [Dm] older
[D] When I was a child [G]
I spoke as [D] a child
[G]
But all that I heard [D] was how I was supposed to get [A] ahead
[G] Now growing up it [A] isn't anything [D] but all this [Bm] indecision
[A] With [G] these debts and doubts and worry [A]
hanging over my head
[G]
When [A] I was a child I [D]
spoke as [Bm] a child
[B] [G] I wish I [A] could remember Lord
[G] I wish I [Am] could remember Lord
[G] I wish I could [B] remember what I said
[Bm] [G] [B]
[Bm] [B] [G]
[D]
[B] [Bm]
[D]
[N]
[A]
Everyone [A] [G]
[D]
[E] [D]
has [F#] days [G]
like [D] I'm having
[G]
They're holding on to [Dm] anything [Em] they can
[A] [D]
To keep [F#] myself [G] from anything but laughing
While I'm looking back [D] about as far as I could stand
[A] Out [G]
my window [A] winter is [D] almost over
I [Bm] can almost see [G] the sun behind [D]
these clouds
[A] [G]
Looking back [A] on where I [A] was about a year ago
[B] Today [Bm] I [G] can't help but laugh [A] at the shape [D] I'm in now
[A]
When I was a child I [G]
spoke as a [D] child
[G] But all I heard [D] was how I should [A] get here
See [G] now growing up it [A] isn't anything [Dm] but all this [Bm] indecision
With [G] these debts and doubts and worry [A]
hanging over my head
[G] When I was [A] a child [D] I spoke as [Bm] a [A] child
[G] I wish I [A] could remember what [Dm] I said
[Bm] [A] [G]
[F#] [D]
[G] Let a [D] old time feeling [G]
back someplace [D] in between what [Am] I've become
[A]
[D] Someplace down [F#] the line [A#]
[G] it must have seemed appealing
So I suppose [D] that this must [A] work for some
And [G]
I don't want to [A] go back to going crazy
[C#m] [Bm]
Believing [G] every word that I was [Am] told
[G] You know sometimes [A] growing up [D] I think I'm [G] getting wiser
And then other times I [A] think I'm just getting [Dm] older
[D] When I was a child [G]
I spoke as [D] a child
[G]
But all that I heard [D] was how I was supposed to get [A] ahead
[G] Now growing up it [A] isn't anything [D] but all this [Bm] indecision
[A] With [G] these debts and doubts and worry [A]
hanging over my head
[G]
When [A] I was a child I [D]
spoke as [Bm] a child
[B] [G] I wish I [A] could remember Lord
[G] I wish I [Am] could remember Lord
[G] I wish I could [B] remember what I said
[Bm] [G] [B]
[Bm] [B] [G]
[D]
[B] [Bm]
[D]
[N]
Key:
G
A
D
Bm
B
G
A
D
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
Everyone [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ has [F#] days _ [G] _ _
like [D] I'm having
_ _ _ [G]
They're holding on to [Dm] anything _ [Em] they can
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
To keep [F#] myself _ [G] from anything but laughing
_ While I'm looking back [D] about as far as I could stand
[A] _ Out _ [G] _
my window [A] winter is [D] almost over
_ I _ [Bm] can almost see [G] the sun behind [D]
these clouds
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G]
Looking back [A] on where I [A] was about a year ago
[B] Today _ [Bm] I [G] can't help but laugh [A] at the shape [D] I'm in now
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A]
When I was a child I [G] _
spoke as a [D] child
_ [G] But all I heard [D] was how I should [A] get here
See _ _ [G] now growing up it [A] isn't anything [Dm] but all this _ [Bm] indecision
With [G] these debts and doubts and worry _ _ [A] _
hanging over my head
[G] When I _ was [A] a child _ [D] I spoke as [Bm] a [A] child
[G] I wish I [A] could remember what [Dm] I said
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [D] _
[G] Let a [D] old time feeling _ [G]
back someplace [D] in between what [Am] I've become
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] Someplace down [F#] the line _ [A#]
[G] it must have seemed appealing _
So I suppose [D] that this must [A] work for some
_ And _ _ [G] _
I don't want to [A] go back to going crazy
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _
Believing [G] every word that I was _ [Am] told
_ _ [G] You know _ sometimes [A] growing up [D] I think I'm [G] getting wiser
And then other _ times I [A] think I'm just getting [Dm] older
_ _ [D] When _ _ I was a child _ [G]
I spoke as [D] a child
_ _ [G]
But all that I heard [D] was how I was supposed to get [A] ahead
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Now growing up it [A] isn't anything [D] but all this _ [Bm] indecision
[A] With [G] these debts and doubts and worry _ [A]
hanging over my _ head
[G] _
_ When [A] I was a child I [D]
spoke as [Bm] a child
[B] _ [G] I wish I [A] could remember Lord
[G] I wish I [Am] could remember Lord
[G] I wish I could [B] remember what I said
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [B] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
Everyone [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ has [F#] days _ [G] _ _
like [D] I'm having
_ _ _ [G]
They're holding on to [Dm] anything _ [Em] they can
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
To keep [F#] myself _ [G] from anything but laughing
_ While I'm looking back [D] about as far as I could stand
[A] _ Out _ [G] _
my window [A] winter is [D] almost over
_ I _ [Bm] can almost see [G] the sun behind [D]
these clouds
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G]
Looking back [A] on where I [A] was about a year ago
[B] Today _ [Bm] I [G] can't help but laugh [A] at the shape [D] I'm in now
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A]
When I was a child I [G] _
spoke as a [D] child
_ [G] But all I heard [D] was how I should [A] get here
See _ _ [G] now growing up it [A] isn't anything [Dm] but all this _ [Bm] indecision
With [G] these debts and doubts and worry _ _ [A] _
hanging over my head
[G] When I _ was [A] a child _ [D] I spoke as [Bm] a [A] child
[G] I wish I [A] could remember what [Dm] I said
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [D] _
[G] Let a [D] old time feeling _ [G]
back someplace [D] in between what [Am] I've become
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] Someplace down [F#] the line _ [A#]
[G] it must have seemed appealing _
So I suppose [D] that this must [A] work for some
_ And _ _ [G] _
I don't want to [A] go back to going crazy
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _
Believing [G] every word that I was _ [Am] told
_ _ [G] You know _ sometimes [A] growing up [D] I think I'm [G] getting wiser
And then other _ times I [A] think I'm just getting [Dm] older
_ _ [D] When _ _ I was a child _ [G]
I spoke as [D] a child
_ _ [G]
But all that I heard [D] was how I was supposed to get [A] ahead
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Now growing up it [A] isn't anything [D] but all this _ [Bm] indecision
[A] With [G] these debts and doubts and worry _ [A]
hanging over my _ head
[G] _
_ When [A] I was a child I [D]
spoke as [Bm] a child
[B] _ [G] I wish I [A] could remember Lord
[G] I wish I [Am] could remember Lord
[G] I wish I could [B] remember what I said
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [B] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _