{"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":2698881,"song":"When I Was A Boy","artist":"Joe Bethancourt","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11525824-when-i-was-a-boy-chords-by-joe-bethancourt/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2698881?type=chord","rating":0.02317,"votes":0,"content":"When I Was A Boy\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I was a boy our Nintendo[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWas carved from an old Apple tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we used garden hose to connect it[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo our steam-powered color tv.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut it still beat that ancient Atari[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Cuz I almost went blind, don'tcha know,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPlaying Breakout and Pong on a video game[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHooked up to the radio.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we walked twenty miles to the schoolhouse[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBarefoot, uphill both ways,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThrough blizzards in summer and winter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBack in the good old days.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBack when Fortran was not even Three-tran[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the PC was only a toy[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we did our computing by gaslight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I was a boy.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I was a boy all our networks[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWere for hauling in fish from the sea--[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOur bawd rate was eight bits an hour (and she was worth it!),[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd our IP address was just 3.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you kids who complain that the World Wide Web[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIs too slow oughtta cut out your bitchin',[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Cuz when I was a boy every packet[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWas delivered by carrier pigeon[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we walked twenty miles to the schoolhouse[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBarefoot, uphill both ways,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThrough blizzards in summer and winter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBack in the good old days.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBack when Fortran was not even Two-tran[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the mainframe was only a toy[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we did our computing by torchlight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I was a boy.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I was a boy our IS shop[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBuilt relational tables from wood,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we wrappered our data in oilcloth[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo preserve it the best that we could.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we carried our bits in a bucket,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd our mainframe weighed 900 tons,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we programmed in ones and in zeros[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd sometimes we ran out of ones.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we walked twenty miles to the schoolhouse[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBarefoot, uphill both ways,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThrough blizzards in summer and winter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBack in the good old days.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBack when Fortran was not even One-tran[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the abacus? Only a toy![/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we did our computing in primordial darkness[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I was a boy.[/tab]","plain_text":"When I Was A Boy\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["A","F","C","D","G"],"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]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}