{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1678599,"song":"Child","artist":"Lights","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11351159-child-chords-by-lights/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1678599?type=chord","rating":4.57059,"votes":11,"content":"I tried to figure this one out by ear, so it might need adjusting -- please comment if so.\r\n\r\nThis is as close as I could get to matching the song on a guitar. It sounds good to me.\r\n\r\n\r\n-- NOTES --\r\n- All the chords (even those with *s) are formatted, so this can be transposed up/down if it's too difficult.\r\n- I mostly palm-mute downward strums, roughly following the background beat (for most of the song, anyway).\r\n- For heavier sections you can add a slap for every other beat, again matching the background rhythm.\r\n[tab]- The [ch]A[/ch] and [ch]D[/ch] work well as barre chords (moving from [ch]C#m[/ch] to [ch]D[/ch] to [ch]A[/ch] is comfy), but can also be played open.\r\n- Chords with an asterisk(*) are just hit once -- usually as a transition (middle step) between other chords.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n-- CHORDS -- \r\nChords (BARRE):                             -- OR --          Alternative Shapes:\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]C#m[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]  \r\ne|--5-----5-----0-----1-----4-----2--|                        e|--0-----2--|\r\nB|--5-----5-----0-----1-----5-----3--|                        B|--2-----3--|\r\nG|--6-----7-----1-----1-----6-----4--|                        G|--2-----2--|\r\nD|--7-----7-----2-----3-----6-----4--|                        D|--2-----0--|\r\nA|--7-----5-----2-----3-----4-----2--|                        A|--0-----x--|\r\nE|--5-----x-----0-----1-----x-----x--|                        E|--x-----x--|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nTUNING: STANDARD\r\nNO CAPO\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n--INTRO--\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n(Let it ring, or pick a few notes, whatever you like; the pre-singing bit is just [ch]A[/ch])\r\n\r\n\r\n--VERSE--\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhat is this about?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere is everybody going?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhat am I doing here?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCan't separate what I really need to know and[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhat I just want to hear[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMaybe I'm alone maybe everybody's lost too[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLooking for their own way out[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMaybe I don't know maybe I don't even want to[/tab]\r\n\r\n--BRIDGE 1--\r\n[tab]                      ([ch]A[/ch])  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nJust don't want to be let down[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C#m[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThere is no sureness, I kind of just stumble along[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch] \r\nThere must be purpose in trying to keep on[/tab]\r\n\r\n--CHORUS--\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWhat do I know? I’m a child[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nJust trying to talk like a mother does[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nSeeing life come and go all the time[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nIt's never as long as you wish it was[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nOhh-ooh, Ohh-oh, Ohh-ooh, Maybe I’m [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nstill trying to see like a child does[/tab]\r\n\r\n--VERSE--\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd I always feel like I did when I was younger[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCan't talk sense into me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHow do you decide when to know or how to wonder[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nOr how to just get free[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThere’s no certainty, I kind of just stumble along[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch] \r\nDoesn't bother me, I'm trying to keep on[/tab]\r\n\r\n--CHORUS--\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWhat do I know? I’m a child[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nJust trying to talk like a mother does[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nSeeing life come and go all the time[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nIt's never as long as you wish it was[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nOhh-ooh, Ohh-oh, Ohh-ooh, Maybe I’m [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nstill trying to see like a child does[/tab]\r\n          \r\n--BRIDGE 2--\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI seen both sides and felt it all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI'm not a child anymore but I can't stand in here[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe way I did when I was a kid[/tab]\r\n\r\n--CHORUS x2--\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWhat do I know? I’m a child[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nJust trying to talk like a mother does[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nSeeing life come and go all the time[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nIt's never as long as you wish it was[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWhat do I know? I’m a child[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nJust trying to talk like a mother does[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nSeeing life come and go all the time[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nIt's never as long as you wish it was[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nOhh-ooh, Ohh-oh, Ohh-ooh, Maybe I’m [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nstill trying to see like a child does[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nOhh-ooh, Ohh-oh, Ohh-ooh, Maybe I’m [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nstill trying to see like a child does[/tab]","plain_text":"I tried to figure this one out by ear, so it might need adjusting -- please comment if so.\n\nThis is as close as I could get to matching the song on a guitar. It sounds good to me.\n\n\n-- NOTES --\n- All the chords (even those with *s) are formatted, so this can be transposed up/down if it's too difficult.\n- I mostly palm-mute downward strums, roughly following the background beat (for most of the song, anyway).\n- For heavier sections you can add a slap for every other beat, again matching the background rhythm.\n\n\n\n-- CHORDS -- \nChords (BARRE):                             -- OR --          Alternative Shapes:\n\n\n\n\nTUNING: STANDARD\nNO CAPO\n\n\n\n--INTRO--\nA A A A\n(Let it ring, or pick a few notes, whatever you like; the pre-singing bit is just A)\n\n\n--VERSE--\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n--BRIDGE 1--\n\n\n\n\n--CHORUS--\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n--VERSE--\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n--CHORUS--\n\n\n\n\n\n\n          \n--BRIDGE 2--\n\n\n\n\n--CHORUS x2--","chords":["A","D","C#m","E","F#m","Bm","B","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}