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I Spoke As A Child

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When changing from G to Em, walk the base line down from the
G note (3rd fret low E or 1st string), to F# (2nd fret 1st string)
to open 1st string (E note)
GEveryone has dBmays liCke I'm haGving
CHoldin on to anyGthing that I cDan
GTo keep myseBmlf from anytChing but lauGghing
CLooking back as fGar as I can stDand
COut my window wiDnter is almost oGver
I can Emalmost see the sCun behind these clGoudsD  
CLookin' back on whDere I was one yGear ago toEmday
CLaughing at the shDape I'm in nGow.
Chorus:
DWhen I was a child I spCoke as a chGild
But aCll I heard was hGow I should get aDhead,
Now gCrowing up it ain't anDything but aGll
This indeEmcision with these deCbts and doubts
And worries Dhanging over my head
When CI was a cDhild I sGpoke as a cEmhild
I wCish I could reDmember what I sGaid
I'd like to find that old time feelin'
Somewhere in between what I've become
Somewhere down the line it must have seemed appealing
So I suppose that it must work for some
But I wanna go back to going crazy
Believing every word that I was told
You know sometimes growing up I think I'm getting wiser
And then other times I think I'm getting old
Chorus:
When I was a child I spoke as a child
But all I heard was how I should get ahead
Now growing up it ain't anything but all this
Indecision with these debts and doubts and
Worries hangin' over my head
When I was a child I spoke as a child
I wish I could remember what I said
When I was a child I spoke as a child
God I wish I could remember what I said

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I Spoke As A Child

by Todd Snider

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When changing from G to Em, walk the base line down from the

G note (3rd fret low E or 1st string), to F# (2nd fret 1st string)

to open 1st string (E note)

G Bm C G

Everyone has days like I'm having

C G D

Holdin on to anything that I can

G Bm C G

To keep myself from anything but laughing

C G D

Looking back as far as I can stand

C D G

Out my window winter is almost over

Em C G D

I can almost see the sun behind these clouds

C D G Em

Lookin' back on where I was one year ago today

C D G

Laughing at the shape I'm in now.

Chorus:

D C G

When I was a child I spoke as a child

C G D

But all I heard was how I should get ahead,

C D G

Now growing up it ain't anything but all

Em C

This indecision with these debts and doubts

And worries hanging over my head

C D G Em

When I was a child I spoke as a child

C D G

I wish I could remember what I said

I'd like to find that old time feelin'

Somewhere in between what I've become

Somewhere down the line it must have seemed appealing

So I suppose that it must work for some

But I wanna go back to going crazy

Believing every word that I was told

You know sometimes growing up I think I'm getting wiser

And then other times I think I'm getting old

Chorus:

When I was a child I spoke as a child

But all I heard was how I should get ahead

Now growing up it ain't anything but all this

Indecision with these debts and doubts and

Worries hangin' over my head

When I was a child I spoke as a child

I wish I could remember what I said

When I was a child I spoke as a child

God I wish I could remember what I said

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