If I Ever Was A Child

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This song shouldn't be too hard. :) I have slowly been getting addicted to it.
To be honest, The verses sound much more like a chorus, and vice versa. But I'm pretty sure everything is
labelled correctly.
Key is D# Mixolydian, sometimes going to D# Major. Capo on 1. All chords relative to capo, transcribe the
whole tab one fret up for the true chords.
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
D Am
I've never been alone
G
Long enough to know
D
If I ever was a child
D Am
I was tied up like a boat
G
On a button like a coat
D
Set free for a while
[Chorus]
Em Gm
I'd jump to jolt my clumsy blood
D A
While my white, green eyes
[Verse 2]
D Am
Cry like a window pane
G
Can my cold heart change
D
Even out of spite?
[Solo]
D Am G D
[Chorus]
Em Gm D
I saw behind my brain a haunted stain
A
It never fades
Em Gm A
I hunt for the kind of pain I can take
[Verse 3]
D Am
And I cry like a window pane
G
Can my cold heart change
D
Over night?
D Am
So I won't ever want to touch
G
Your heart too much
D
Or hold you too tight
[Chorus]
Em Gm D
I saw behind my brain a haunted stain
A
I'll never fade
Em Gm A
I hunt for the kind of pain I can take
[Coda]
D Am
I never was alone
G
Long enough to know
D
If I ever was a child

If I Ever Was A Child chords and lyrics

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This song shouldn't be too hard. :) I have slowly been getting addicted to it. 
To be honest, The verses sound much more like a chorus, and vice versa. But I'm pretty sure everything is 
labelled correctly.
Key is D# Mixolydian, sometimes going to D# Major. Capo on 1. All chords relative to capo, transcribe the 
whole tab one fret up for the true chords.
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Solo]
D Am G D
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
[Chorus]
[Coda]

If I Ever Was A Child Chords by Wilco

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