{"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":1803124,"song":"When I Was A Boy","artist":"Dar Williams","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11397477-when-i-was-a-boy-chords-by-dar-williams/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1803124?type=chord","rating":4.51992,"votes":10,"content":"[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wont forget when Peter Pan[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nCame to my house, took my hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI said, \"I was a boy\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/B[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIm glad he didnt check[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI learned to fly, I learned to fight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nI lived a whole life in one night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe saved each others lives[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/B[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOut on the pirates deck[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I remember that night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G/B[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen Im leaving a late night with some friends[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/B[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I hear somebody tell me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/B[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIts not safe, someone should help me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI need to find a nice man to walk me home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nWhen I was a boy[/tab]\r\nI scared the pants off of my mom\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nClimbed what I could climb upon[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nAnd I dont know how I survived[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/B[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]               \r\nI guess I knew the tricks that all boys knew[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G/B[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd you can walk me home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nBut I was a boy, too[/tab]\r\n\r\nI was a kid that you would like\r\nJust a small boy on her bike\r\nRiding topless, yeah\r\nI never cared who saw\r\n\r\nMy neighbor come outside\r\nTo say, \"Get your shirt,\"\r\nI said \"No way, it's the last time\r\nI'm not breaking any law\"\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nAnd now I'm in this clothing store[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/B[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the signs say less is more[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G/B[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]       \r\nMore that's tight means more to see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G/B[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMore for them, not more for me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nThat can't help me climb a tree in ten seconds flat[/tab]\r\n\r\nWhen I was a boy, see that picture? That was me\r\nGrass-stained shirt and dusty knees\r\nAnd I know things have gotta change\r\n[tab][ch]G/B[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey got pills to sell, they've got implants to put in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/B[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey've got implants to remove[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G/B[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I am not forgetting[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nThat I was a boy too[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd like the woods where I would creep\r\nIt's a secret I can keep\r\nExcept when I'm tired\r\n'Cept when I'm being caught off guard\r\n\r\nAnd I've had a lonesome awful day\r\nThe conversation finds its way\r\nTo catching fire-flies\r\nOut in the backyard\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nAnd I so tell the man I'm with[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/B[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAbout the other life I lived[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G/B[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I say now you're top gun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G/B[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI have lost and you have won[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nAnd he says, \"Oh no, no, can't you see[/tab]\r\n\r\nWhen I was a girl, my mom\r\nAnd I we always talked\r\nAnd I picked flowers\r\nEverywhere that I walked\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I could always cry  [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/B[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow even when I'm alone I seldom do[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nAnd I have lost some kindness[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nBut I was a girl too[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nAnd you were just like me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I was just like you[/tab]","plain_text":"I scared the pants off of my mom\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI was a kid that you would like\nJust a small boy on her bike\nRiding topless, yeah\nI never cared who saw\n\nMy neighbor come outside\nTo say, \"Get your shirt,\"\nI said \"No way, it's the last time\nI'm not breaking any law\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen I was a boy, see that picture? That was me\nGrass-stained shirt and dusty knees\nAnd I know things have gotta change\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd like the woods where I would creep\nIt's a secret I can keep\nExcept when I'm tired\n'Cept when I'm being caught off guard\n\nAnd I've had a lonesome awful day\nThe conversation finds its way\nTo catching fire-flies\nOut in the backyard\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen I was a girl, my mom\nAnd I we always talked\nAnd I picked flowers\nEverywhere that I walked","chords":["G","G/B","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}