{"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":85025,"song":"I Spoke As A Child","artist":"Todd Snider","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11549576-i-spoke-as-a-child-chords-by-todd-snider/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/85025?type=chord","rating":4.74597,"votes":26,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\n\r\n\r\nWhen changing from G to Em, walk the base line down from the\r\nG note (3rd fret low E or 1st string), to F# (2nd fret 1st string)\r\nto open 1st string (E note)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEveryone has days like I'm having[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHoldin on to anything that I can[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo keep myself from anything but laughing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLooking back as far as I can stand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOut my window winter is almost over[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI can almost see the sun behind these clouds[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLookin' back on where I was one year ago today[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLaughing at the shape I'm in now.[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I was a child I spoke as a child[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut all I heard was how I should get ahead,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow growing up it ain't anything but all[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThis indecision with these debts and doubts[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd worries hanging over my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhen I was a child I spoke as a child[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wish I could remember what I said[/tab]\r\n\r\nI'd like to find that old time feelin'\r\nSomewhere in between what I've become\r\nSomewhere down the line it must have seemed appealing\r\nSo I suppose that it must work for some\r\nBut I wanna go back to going crazy\r\nBelieving every word that I was told\r\nYou know sometimes growing up I think I'm getting wiser\r\nAnd then other times I think I'm getting old\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\nWhen I was a child I spoke as a child\r\nBut all I heard was how I should get ahead\r\nNow growing up it ain't anything but all this\r\nIndecision with these debts and doubts and\r\nWorries hangin' over my head\r\nWhen I was a child I spoke as a child\r\nI wish I could remember what I said\r\n\r\nWhen I was a child I spoke as a child\r\nGod I wish I could remember what I said","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\n\n\nWhen changing from G to Em, walk the base line down from the\nG note (3rd fret low E or 1st string), to F# (2nd fret 1st string)\nto open 1st string (E note)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI'd like to find that old time feelin'\nSomewhere in between what I've become\nSomewhere down the line it must have seemed appealing\nSo I suppose that it must work for some\nBut I wanna go back to going crazy\nBelieving every word that I was told\nYou know sometimes growing up I think I'm getting wiser\nAnd then other times I think I'm getting old\n\nChorus:\nWhen I was a child I spoke as a child\nBut all I heard was how I should get ahead\nNow growing up it ain't anything but all this\nIndecision with these debts and doubts and\nWorries hangin' over my head\nWhen I was a child I spoke as a child\nI wish I could remember what I said\n\nWhen I was a child I spoke as a child\nGod I wish I could remember what I said","chords":["G","Em","E","F","Bm","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}