I Thought I Was a Child Tabs & Lyrics by Jackson Browne

I Thought I Was a Child

guitar tabs lyrics

Jackson Browne

I thought I was a child � Jackson Browne (Album: For Everyman)
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Intro:
|F Fsus4| F |Dm |Bb |
|F |Am7 |Bb |C |
|Bb C |F |Bb |F |
|Bb |Am |Gm |C7 A7/C#|
|Dm |Bb |F |F |

F Dm Bb
It's such a clever innocence with which you do your sorcery
F Am7 Bb C
As if somehow the years just bow and let that young girl go free
Bb C F Bb F
I thought I was a child until you turned and smiled
Bb Am Gm C A7/C#
I thought I knew where I was going until I heard your laughter flowing
Dm Bb F Bb F
And came upon the wisdom in your eyes
C C/Bb Am7 Gm7(11) C
Surprise!


F Bb
I've spent my whole life running 'round
F Bb
Chasing songs from town to town
F Am Bb C
Thinking I'd be free so long as I never let love slow me down
Bb C F Bb F
So lonely and so wild until you turned and smiled
Bb Am7
By now I should have long been gone
Gm C A7/C#
But here I am still looking on
Dm Bb F
As if I didn't know which way to run

Solo:
|C |Bb |Am |D |
|Gm |C |F |A7 |
|Dm |Bb |Dm |Bb |
|Dm |Bb |F |C |

F Dm Bb
It's such a clever innocence with which you show myself to me
F Am7 Bb C
As if you know how it feels to never be who you wanted to be
Bb C F Bb F
I thought I was a child until you turned and smiled
Bb Am Gm C A7/C#
I thought that I was free but I'm just one more prisoner of time
Dm Bb F
Alone within the boundaries of my mind

|Bb |F/A |Gm |C |

Bb C Dm7
I thought I was a child


Tabbed by Gerard Koot (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
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